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Definition: Proleg
Proleg
\Pro"leg\, n. [Pref. pro- for, in place of + leg.]
(Zo["o]l.)
One of the fleshy legs found on the abdominal segments of the
larv[ae] of Lepidoptera, sawflies, and some other insects.
Those of Lepidoptera have a circle of hooks. Called also
proped,
propleg, and
falseleg.
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