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SPITTLEBUG
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small leaping herbivorous insect that lives in a mass of protective froth which it and its larvae secrete
Synonyms:
spittle insect; spittlebug
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("spittlebug" is a kind of...):
homopteran; homopterous insect (insects having membranous forewings and hind wings)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "spittlebug"):
froghopper (a variety of spittlebug)
meadow spittlebug; Philaenus spumarius (North American insect that severely damages grasses)
pine spittlebug (North American insect that attacks pines)
Aphrophora saratogensis; Saratoga spittlebug (feeds on pines in northern United States)
Holonyms ("spittlebug" is a member of...):
Cercopidae; family Cercopidae (froghoppers or spittlebugs)