English Explanatory Dictionary

spittlebug

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of various small insects of the superfamily Cercopoidea that feed on plant sap and whose larvae produce cuckoo spit.

Word forms

spittlebug spittlebugs

Etymology

From spittle + bug.

Synonyms

froghopper spitbug
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