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Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1816 a fleshy leg that occurs on an abdominal segment of some insect larvae but not in the adult

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a fleshy abdominal limb of a caterpillar or other larva. Etymology: PRO-(1) + LEG

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Proleg Pro"leg, n. [Pref. pro- for, in place of + leg.] (Zo["o]l.) One of the fleshy legs found on the abdominal segments of the larv[ae] of Lepidoptera, sawflies, and some other insects. Those of Lepidoptera have a circle of hooks. Called also proped, propleg, and falseleg.