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Noun: spittlebug
  1. Small leaping herbivorous insect that lives in a mass of protective froth which it and its larvae secrete
    - spittle insect

Derived forms: spittlebugs

Type of: homopteran, homopterous insect

Part of: Cercopidae, family Cercopidae

Encyclopedia: Spittlebug