APHROPHORA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Aphrophora mean? 

• APHROPHORA (noun)
  The noun APHROPHORA has 1 sense:

1. a genus of Cercopidae

  Familiarity information: APHROPHORA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• APHROPHORA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of Cercopidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Aphrophora; genus Aphrophora

Hypernyms ("Aphrophora" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Aphrophora"):

pine spittlebug (North American insect that attacks pines)

Aphrophora saratogensis; Saratoga spittlebug (feeds on pines in northern United States)

Holonyms ("Aphrophora" is a member of...):

Cercopidae; family Cercopidae (froghoppers or spittlebugs)