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spittle insect, n.

small leaping herbivorous insect that lives in a mass of protective froth which it and its larvae secrete
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spittle insect spittlebug

semantic pointers

hypernym

homopterous insect, homopteran

member holonym

Cercopidae, family Cercopidae

hyponym

froghopper meadow spittlebug, Philaenus spumarius pine spittlebug Saratoga spittlebug, Aphrophora saratogensis