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SARATOGA SPITTLEBUG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Saratoga spittlebug mean? 

SARATOGA SPITTLEBUG (noun)
  The noun SARATOGA SPITTLEBUG has 1 sense:

1. feeds on pines in northern United Statesplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


SARATOGA SPITTLEBUG (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Feeds on pines in northern United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Aphrophora saratogensis; Saratoga spittlebug

Hypernyms ("Saratoga 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 ("Saratoga spittlebug" is a member of...):

Aphrophora; genus Aphrophora (a genus of Cercopidae)


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