PHILAENUS SPUMARIUS

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Meaning:

North American insect that severely damages grasses

Synonyms:

meadow spittlebug; Philaenus spumarius

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Philaenus spumarius" 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 ("Philaenus spumarius" is a member of...):

genus Philaenus; Philaenus (a genus of Cercopidae)

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