Definitions
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- noun Any of various small
insects of the family Cercopidae that feed on plant sap and whose larvae producecuckoo spit .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun small leaping herbivorous insect that lives in a mass of protective froth which it and its larvae secrete
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Examples
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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 2010
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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 2010
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As is his belief that the insect that surrounds itself with foam is a tick, when it is obviously a spittlebug.
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Dalhousie Professor Steve Shaw ... and spittlebug friend.
YubaNet.com 2008
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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.
YubaNet.com 2008
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