Meaning of metaleg | Babel Free

Definitions

Either of the two hind legs on an insect.

Examples

“Likewise, in those insects where the metalegs are fitted for jumping, the prolegs and mesolegs are coordinated with the metalegs and fitted for walking”

“The parts make up different but constant proportions of the entire leg for the pro- and mesolegs, but in the metaleg, the femur becomes relatively shorter and the tibia longer as size increases.”

“In X. flavitibia the first three tarsomeres of the metaleg are bright yellow.”

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