Definition of proleg Proleg

pro•leg

We found 3 definitions of proleg from 3 different sources.

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What does proleg mean?

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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • proleg (n.)
    One of the fleshy legs found on the abdominal segments of the larvae of Lepidoptera, sawflies, and some other insects. Those of Lepidoptera have a circle of hooks. Called also proped, propleg, and falseleg.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • proleg
    prō′leg, n. one of the abdominal limbs of the larvæ of insects

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