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MEADOW SPITTLEBUG
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Dictionary entry overview: What does meadow spittlebug mean?
• MEADOW SPITTLEBUG (noun)
The noun MEADOW SPITTLEBUG has 1 sense:
1. North American insect that severely damages grasses
Familiarity information: MEADOW SPITTLEBUG used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
North American insect that severely damages grasses
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
meadow spittlebug; Philaenus spumarius
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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