| NOUN | animal | spittlebug, spittle insect | small leaping herbivorous insect that lives in a mass of protective froth which it and its larvae secrete |
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| Meaning | small leaping herbivorous insect that lives in a mass of protective froth which it and its larvae secrete. | |
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| Synonym | spittle insect | |
| Member of | Cercopidae, family Cercopidae | froghoppers or spittlebugs |
| Narrower | Saratoga spittlebug, Aphrophora saratogensis | feeds on pines in northern United States |
| froghopper | A variety of spittlebug | |
| meadow spittlebug, Philaenus spumarius | North American insect that severely damages grasses | |
| pine spittlebug | North American insect that attacks pines | |
| Broader | homopterous insect, homopteran | insects having membranous forewings and hind wings |
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