proleg

pro·leg

(prō′lĕg′)

One of the stubby limbs on the abdominal segments of caterpillars and certain other insect larvae.

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proleg

(ˈprəʊˌlɛɡ)

(Zoology) any of the short paired unjointed appendages on each abdominal segment of a caterpillar and any of certain other insect larvae

[C19: from pro-¹ + leg]

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pro•leg

(ˈproʊˌlɛg)

n.

one of the abdominal ambulatory processes of caterpillars and other larvae, as distinct from the true or thoracic legs.

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The haemolymph was collected from the 5th instar by cutting abdominal proleg in 1.5 ml tube containing a few granules of phenylthiourea to prevent melanization.

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Body elongated, segmented pale brown color, divided into head, thorax and abdomen; antennae small; eyes small; paired anterior proleg behind the head and one pair of posterior leg are at the second last abdominal segment; abdominal setae are prominent on posterior segments although present all over the body; 4 ventral tubules; 4 anal tubules.

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(4) The first regent master to use the Sentences as the text was Alexander of Hales in the 1230s (Brady, Proleg. 144).

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(7) Veanse las excelentes reflexiones de Jeroni Salom en "Proleg", Blai Bonet, El mar, Valencia: Tres i Quatre, 1988: 7-19.