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    SPITTLE INSECT

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    spittle insect; spittlebug

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    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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