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proleg definition

pro·leg (prō′leg′)

noun

any of the stubby limbs attached to the abdomen of certain insect larvae

Etymology: pro- + leg

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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