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SPITTLE INSECT

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• SPITTLE INSECT (noun)
The noun SPITTLE INSECT has 1 sense:

1. small leaping herbivorous insect that lives in a mass of protective froth which it and its larvae secrete

Familiarity information: SPITTLE INSECT used as a noun is very rare.

• SPITTLE INSECT (noun)

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Meaning:

Small leaping herbivorous insect that lives in a mass of protective froth which it and its larvae secrete

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

spittle insect; spittlebug

Hypernyms ("spittle insect" is a kind of...):

homopteran; homopterous insect (insects having membranous forewings and hind wings)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "spittle insect"):

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 ("spittle insect" is a member of...):

Cercopidae; family Cercopidae (froghoppers or spittlebugs)

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Useful links:
Definition of homopterous insect
Definition of froghopper
Definition of pine spittlebug
Definition of Aphrophora saratogensis
Definition of Cercopidae

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