tadpolehood

English

Etymology

tadpole +‎ -hood

Noun

tadpolehood (uncountable)

1. The state or period of being a tadpole.

   Synonym: tadpolism

   • 1886, Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards, Four Feet, Two Feet, and No Feet, page 136:

     Whereas Mrs. Surinam Toad's little fellows have to spend all their tadpolehood in their mamma's dark little pockets, with no freedom and no society; […]

   • 1961, LIFE, volume 51, number 8, page 80:

     A permanent resident of the pond, he took three years of tadpolehood to grow to his present six-inch length.