[chāomeūang] (n) EN: townsman ; townspeople ; city people ; residents of a city ; townsfolk ; urban populationFR: citadin [ m ] ; population urbaine [ f ]
[chūang wēlā] (n, exp) EN: period ; span ; duration ; time ; period of timeFR: durée [ f ] ; intervalle (de temps) [ m ] ; période [ f ] ; phase [ f ] ; stade [ m ]
(n) a slight amount or degree of difference, Syn. shade, Example:a tad too expensive; not a tad of difference; the new model is a shade better than the old one
n. [ OE. tadde toad (AS. tādie, tādige) + poll; properly, a toad that is or seems all head. See Toad, and Poll. ] 1. (Zool.) The young aquatic larva of any amphibian. In this stage it breathes by means of external or internal gills, is at first destitute of legs, and has a finlike tail. Called also polliwig, polliwog, porwiggle, or purwiggy. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Zool.) The hooded merganser. [ Local, U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Tadpole fish. (Zool.) See Forkbeard (a). [ 1913 Webster ]