Proleg
noun
1.
one of the abdominal ambulatory processes of caterpillars and other larvae, as distinct from the true or thoracic legs.
noun
1.
any of the short paired unjointed appendages on each abdominal segment of a caterpillar and any of certain other insect larvae
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