Usually means: Insect that produces protective foam.
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  1. spittlebug: Merriam-Webster
  2. spittlebug: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. spittlebug: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. spittlebug: Collins English Dictionary
  5. spittlebug: Vocabulary.com
  6. spittlebug: Wiktionary
  7. spittlebug: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. spittlebug: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. spittlebug: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. spittlebug: Dictionary.com
  11. spittlebug: Rhymezone
  12. spittlebug: FreeDictionary.org
  13. spittlebug: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. spittlebug: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. spittlebug: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (spittlebug)

▸ noun:  Any of various small insects of the superfamily Cercopoidea that feed on plant sap and whose larvae produce cuckoo spit.

Similar:
spittle insect, spitbug, froghopper, frog spit, toad-spit, fungus beetle, bat bug, spitting spider, cucujoid, hornbug, more...

Types:
froghopper, cicada, leafhopper, planthopper, treehopper, more...

Phrases:
meadow spittlebug, saratoga spittlebug, pine spittlebug, more...

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Similar:
spittle insect, spitbug, froghopper, frog spit, toad-spit, fungus beetle, bat bug, spitting spider, cucujoid, hornbug, more...

Types:
froghopper, cicada, leafhopper, planthopper, treehopper, more...

Phrases:
meadow spittlebug, saratoga spittlebug, pine spittlebug, more...



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