: a fleshy leg that occurs on an abdominal segment of some insect larvae but not in the adult
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In contrast, the green cloverworm is one of the species with only four pairs of prolegs (the pairs on the middle abdominal segments and one pair on the last abdominal segment).
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“Proleg.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/proleg. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.
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proleg
noun
pro·leg
ˈprō-ˌleg 
: a fleshy leg on the abdomen of some insect larvae
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