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- noun Plural form of
proleg .
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Examples
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Thunder and lightening could not make her tremble or jerk one bit, but this knock on the door made her jump off her prolegs.
Caterpillars in love. Khaver Siddiqi 2010
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Locomotion is facilitated by three types of appendage: creeping welts, prolegs, and suctorial discs.
Insecta (Aquatic) 2008
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The last abdominal segment often bears a pair of fleshy prolegs which help the larvae to hold onto their portable case or helps their net-spinning.
Insecta (Aquatic) 2008
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A pair of prolegs (unjointed legs) is found on each of the abdominal segments 3, 4, 5, 6, and 10.
Insecta (Aquatic) 2008
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These prolegs have tiny crochets (strong hooked hairs) underneath, used to grip plant stems or rock surfaces.
Insecta (Aquatic) 2008
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Larval caddisflies are very similar in appearance to lepidopteran caterpillars, but caddisflies have only one pair of prolegs on their abdominal segments while caterpillars have many.
Insecta (Aquatic) 2008
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Moth larvae have three pairs of thoracic legs and additionally four pairs of prolegs, located at the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th segment of the abdomen.
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The final segment of the abdomen has a further pair of prolegs.
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False legs: = spurious legs; = prolegs; q.v. Family: a division of classification including a number of genera agreeing in one or a set of characters and so closely related that they are apparently descended from one stem: opinionative and indicated by the termination idae.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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I have seen a wasp bite a large caterpillar in two, carry off the anterior section and return for the posterior, which had held on by its prolegs.
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