Usually means: Immature larval stage of insects.
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  1. proleg: Merriam-Webster
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  8. proleg: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  13. proleg: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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▸ noun:  (entomology) An appendage of the abdomen of some insect larvae, such as caterpillars, which is used like a leg.

Similar:
proctiger, paraproct, postabdomen, mesoleg, style, postmentum, prophragma, peripodium, procerite, arolium, more...

Opposite:
epilogue, postscript, afterword

Adjectives:
anal, thoracic, single, anterior, abdominal, posterior, fleshy, larval, median

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Similar:
proctiger, paraproct, postabdomen, mesoleg, style, postmentum, prophragma, peripodium, procerite, arolium, more...

Opposite:
epilogue, postscript, afterword

Adjectives:
anal, thoracic, single, anterior, abdominal, posterior, fleshy, larval, median



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