English noun: spittlebug | |||
1. | spittlebug (animal) small leaping herbivorous insect that lives in a mass of protective froth which it and its larvae secrete | ||
Synonyms | spittle insect | ||
Broader (hypernym) | homopteran, homopterous insect | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | Aphrophora saratogensis, froghopper, meadow spittlebug, Philaenus spumarius, pine spittlebug, Saratoga spittlebug | ||
Member meronym | Cercopidae, family Cercopidae | ||