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Spittlebug Moderate

Spittlebug has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

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

2

Any of various small insects of the superfamily Cercopoidea that feed on plant sap and whose larvae produce cuckoo spit.

See Also
cuckoo spit cercopoidea insect
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
homopterous insect
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
froghopper meadow spittlebug pine spittlebug Saratoga spittlebug
Rhyming Words
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