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Proleg (gcide) | Proleg \Pro"leg\, n. [Pref. pro- for, in place of + leg.]
(Zool.)
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.
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order saprolegniales (encz) | order Saprolegniales, n: |
prolegomena (encz) | prolegomena, |
Prolegate (gcide) | Prolegate \Pro"leg`ate\ (?; 48), n. [L. prolegatus; pro for +
legatus legate.] (Rom. Hist.)
The deputy or substitute for a legate.
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Prolegomena (gcide) | Prolegomenon \Prol`e*gom"e*non\, n.; pl. Prolegomena. [ NL.,
fr. Gr. ?, properly neut. pass. p. pr. of ? to say
beforehand; ? before + ? to say.]
A preliminary remark or observation; an introductory
discourse prefixed to a book or treatise. --D. Stokes (1659).
Sir W. Scott.
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Prolegomenary (gcide) | Prolegomenary \Prol`e*gom"e*na*ry\, a.
Of the nature of a prolegomenon; preliminary; introductory;
prefatory.
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Prolegomenon (gcide) | Prolegomenon \Prol`e*gom"e*non\, n.; pl. Prolegomena. [ NL.,
fr. Gr. ?, properly neut. pass. p. pr. of ? to say
beforehand; ? before + ? to say.]
A preliminary remark or observation; an introductory
discourse prefixed to a book or treatise. --D. Stokes (1659).
Sir W. Scott.
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genus saprolegnia (wn) | genus Saprolegnia
n 1: aquatic fungi growing chiefly on plant debris and animal
remains [syn: Saprolegnia, genus Saprolegnia] |
order saprolegniales (wn) | order Saprolegniales
n 1: order of chiefly aquatic fungi [syn: Saprolegniales,
order Saprolegniales] |
prolegomenon (wn) | prolegomenon
n 1: a preliminary discussion inserted at the beginning of a
book or treatise |
saprolegnia (wn) | Saprolegnia
n 1: aquatic fungi growing chiefly on plant debris and animal
remains [syn: Saprolegnia, genus Saprolegnia] |
saprolegnia ferax (wn) | Saprolegnia ferax
n 1: a fungus that attacks living fish and tadpoles and spawn
causing white fungus disease: a coating of white hyphae on
especially peripheral parts (as fins) [syn: white fungus,
Saprolegnia ferax] |
saprolegniales (wn) | Saprolegniales
n 1: order of chiefly aquatic fungi [syn: Saprolegniales,
order Saprolegniales] |
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