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  1. spittle insect love

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GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. (Zoöl.) See Cuckoo spit (b), under Cuckoo.

WordNet 3.0

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

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  1. homopterous insect
  1. homopteran

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  1. meadow spittlebug
  1. philaenus spumarius
  1. aphrophora saratogensis
  1. saratoga spittlebug
  1. froghopper
  1. pine spittlebug

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  1. spit
  1. spittle
  1. spittle-fly
  1. spittlebug
  1. spit-bug
  1. toad-spit

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