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proleg |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Proleg \Pro"leg\, n. [Pref. pro- for in place of + leg.] (Zo["o]l.) One of the fleshy legs found on the abdominal segments of the larv[ae] 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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