1) Larva limb 2) Larvae limb
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fleshy leg like structures arising from the abdominal segments of caterpillars. These prolegs have crochets or curved hooks.
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A proleg is a small, fleshy, stub structure found on the ventral surface of the abdomen of most larval forms of insects of the order Lepidoptera, though they can also be found on other larval insects such as sawflies and a few types of flies. In all the orders in which they appear, mainly Hymenoptera and Lepidoptera, prolegs of any form evolved in...
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Fleshy, abdominal legs of some larvae.
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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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One of the fleshy, stumpy legs on the hind region of a caterpillar.
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fleshy protuberance of the body wall creating a nonjointed leg.
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Pro'leg noun [ Prefix
pro- for, in place of +
leg .]
(Zoology) One of the fleshy legs found on the abdominal segments of the larvæ of Lepidoptera, sawflies, and some other insects. Those of Lepidoptera have a circle of hooks. Called also
proped ,
propleg , and
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A fleshy leg that occurs on the abdominal segment of some insect larvae but not in the adult.
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Hollow, paired, non-segmented outgrowth of abdominal segments of holometabolous larvae, usually used in locomotion.
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one of the abdominal ambulatory processes of caterpillars and other larvae, as distinct from the true or thoracic legs.
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