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spit·tle·bug  (sptl-bg)

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Any of various leaping, homopterous insects of the family Cercopidae, the nymphs of which form frothy masses of liquid on plant stems. Also called froghopper, spittle insect.

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spittlebug - small leaping herbivorous insect that lives in a mass of protective froth which it and its larvae secrete spittle insect homopteran, homopterous insect - insects having membranous forewings and hind wings Cercopidae, family Cercopidae - froghoppers or spittlebugs 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