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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 grassesplay

  Familiarity information: MEADOW SPITTLEBUG used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MEADOW SPITTLEBUG (noun)


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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