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    MEADOW SPITTLEBUG

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    North American insect that severely damages grassesplay

    Synonyms:

    meadow spittlebug; Philaenus spumarius

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("meadow spittlebug" is a kind of...):

    spittle insect; spittlebug (small leaping herbivorous insect that lives in a mass of protective froth which it and its larvae secrete)

    Holonyms ("meadow spittlebug" is a member of...):

    genus Philaenus; Philaenus (a genus of Cercopidae)

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