Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- 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.
Wiktionary
- n. Any of various small insects of the family Cercopidae that feed on plant sap and whose larvae produce cuckoo spit.
WordNet 3.0
- n. small leaping herbivorous insect that lives in a mass of protective froth which it and its larvae secrete
Examples
“Lepyronia angulifera, angular spittlebug, by Jim Kramer — It is classified as threatened due to habitat destruction.”
Photography Contest: Finalists, Threatened or Endangered - The Panda's Thumb
“Lepyronia angulifera, angular spittlebug, by Jim Kramer — It is classified as threatened due to habitat destruction.”
Photography Contest: Finalists, Threatened or Endangered - The Panda's Thumb
“As is his belief that the insect that surrounds itself with foam is a tick, when it is obviously a spittlebug.”
“Dalhousie Professor Steve Shaw ... and spittlebug friend.”
“But now the lowly spittlebug (so named because it can whip up a frothy covering that looks like human spit to protect itself) has been crowned nature's top high-jump champ.”
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