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(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.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Proleg'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/proleg.html. 1828.
 
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