spittle insect (n)
spittlebug (n)

n02257715

type n
lex_filenum 05
def small leaping herbivorous insect that lives in a mass of protective froth which it and its larvae secrete
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Hypernym homopterous insect, homopteran
Member holonym Cercopidae, family Cercopidae
Hyponym froghopper; meadow spittlebug, Philaenus spumarius; pine spittlebug; Saratoga spittlebug, Aphrophora saratogensis
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Hyponym homopterous insect, homopteran
Member meronym Cercopidae, family Cercopidae
Hypernym froghopper; meadow spittlebug, Philaenus spumarius; pine spittlebug; Saratoga spittlebug, Aphrophora saratogensis

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