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proleg

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pro⋅leg

  [proh-leg]
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–noun
one of the abdominal ambulatory processes of caterpillars and other larvae, as distinct from the true or thoracic legs.
Origin:
1810–20; pro- 1 + leg
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pro·leg   (prō'lěg')   
n.  One of the stubby limbs on the abdominal segments of caterpillars and certain other insect larvae.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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