HyperDic: spittle_insect

English > 1 sense of the expression spittle insect:
NOUNanimalspittle insect, spittlebugsmall leaping herbivorous insect that lives in a mass of protective froth which it and its larvae secrete
English > spittle insect: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningsmall leaping herbivorous insect that lives in a mass of protective froth which it and its larvae secrete.
Synonymspittlebug
Member ofCercopidae, family Cercopidaefroghoppers or spittlebugs
NarrowerSaratoga spittlebug, Aphrophora saratogensisfeeds on pines in northern United States
froghopperA variety of spittlebug
meadow spittlebug, Philaenus spumariusNorth American insect that severely damages grasses
pine spittlebugNorth American insect that attacks pines
Broaderhomopterous insect, homopteraninsects having membranous forewings and hind wings

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