SPITTLEBUG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does spittlebug mean? 

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

1. small leaping herbivorous insect that lives in a mass of protective froth which it and its larvae secrete

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPITTLEBUG (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

spittle insect; spittlebug

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

homopteran; homopterous insect (insects having membranous forewings and hind wings)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "spittlebug"):

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

Cercopidae; family Cercopidae (froghoppers or spittlebugs)