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Webster 1913 Edition

Proleg

Pro′leg

,

Noun.

[Pref.

pro-

for, in place of +

leg

.]

(Zool.)

One of the fleshy legs found on the abdominal segments of the larvæ of Lepidoptera, sawflies, and some other insects. Those of Lepidoptera have a circle of hooks. Called also

proped

,

propleg

, and

falseleg

.