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tadpole-shaped

tadpole-shaped

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A rounded front that narrows into a long thin tail
  • adjective
: en forma de renacuajo
  • The designer's new lamp featured a tadpole-shaped base that caught everyone's attention.

Examples

  • The artist designed a sculpture that was distinctly tadpole-shaped, with a bulbous head and a narrow tail.

  • Some bacteria are tadpole-shaped, possessing a rounded front and an elongated rear.

  • This is a tadpole-shaped object.

  • Look at that tadpole-shaped rock formation!

  • The designer created a tadpole-shaped lamp that added a unique touch to the room.

  • For her biology project, she drew a tadpole-shaped structure to illustrate the metamorphosis of frogs.

  • The artist painted a tadpole-shaped sculpture that caught everyone's eye at the exhibition.

Surface Forms

tadpole-shaped positive

Morphology

tadpole-shaped = tadpole + shape (transparent) = tadpole + shape + ed

The expression is a straightforward descriptive compound meaning 'having the shape of a tadpole'.

Etymology

Tadpole-shaped comes from tadpole ('baby frog' with a round head and a long tail) and shaped meaning 'having the form of', so it describes something with a rounded front and a thin, tail-like end.