spit·tle·bug (sp t l-b g )n. 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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| Noun | 1. |  spittlebug - small leaping herbivorous insect that lives in a mass of protective froth which it and its larvae secretehomopteran, 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 |
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