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noun
Any of various small insects of the superfamily Cercopoidea that feed on plant sap and whose larvae produce cuckoo spit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
small leaping herbivorous insect that lives in a mass of protective froth which it and its larvae secrete
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: spittle insect
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: homopterous insect, homopteran
Narrower terms: froghopper, meadow spittlebug, Philaenus spumarius, pine spittlebug, Saratoga spittlebug, Aphrophora saratogensis
History
From spittle + bug.
