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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any of various small insects of the superfamily Cercopoidea that feed on plant sap and whose larvae produce cuckoo spit.
2. 2
   small leaping herbivorous insect that lives in a mass of protective froth which it and its larvae secrete wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

froghopperfroghopperspitbugspittle insectspittle insect

Etymology

From spittle + bug.

Related phrases

cuckoo spit

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