Definition of Proleg

Pro´leg
n.1.(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.


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Proin
Project
Projectile
Projection
Projection of a point on a plane
Projection of a straight line of a plane
Projectment
Projector
Projecture
Projet
Proke
Prolapse
Prolapsion
Prolapsus
Prolate
Prolate cycloid
Prolate ellipsoid
Prolation
Prolatum
Prolegate
Prolegomenary
Prolegomenon
Prolepsis
Proleptic
Proleptically
Proleptics
Proletaire
Proletaneous
Proletarian
Proletariat
Proletariate
Proletary
Prolicide
Proliferate
Proliferation
Proliferous
Proliferous cyst
Prolific
Prolificacy
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