abdominal leg
Zoology
noun
1(In various invertebrates) a leg attached to the abdomen.
2 Entomology a fleshy appendage of an abdominal segment of a caterpillar or other insect larva.
Origin
Early 19th century; earliest use found in George Samouelle (d. 1846).
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