spittle insect
English Thesaurus
1. small leaping herbivorous insect that lives in a mass of protective froth which it and its larvae secrete (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | homopteran, homopterous insect, |
| definition | : | insects having membranous forewings and hind wings (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | froghopper, |
| definition | : | a variety of spittlebug (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | meadow spittlebug, philaenus spumarius, |
| definition | : | North American insect that severely damages grasses (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | pine spittlebug, |
| definition | : | North American insect that attacks pines (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | aphrophora saratogensis, saratoga spittlebug, |
| definition | : | feeds on pines in northern United States (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | cercopidae, family cercopidae, |
| definition | : | froghoppers or spittlebugs (noun.animal) |
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