MEADOW SPITTLEBUG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does meadow spittlebug mean? 

• MEADOW SPITTLEBUG (noun)
  The noun MEADOW SPITTLEBUG has 1 sense:

1. North American insect that severely damages grasses

  Familiarity information: MEADOW SPITTLEBUG used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MEADOW SPITTLEBUG (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

North American insect that severely damages grasses

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

meadow spittlebug; Philaenus spumarius

Hypernyms ("meadow spittlebug" is a kind of...):

spittle insect; spittlebug (small leaping herbivorous insect that lives in a mass of protective froth which it and its larvae secrete)

Holonyms ("meadow spittlebug" is a member of...):

genus Philaenus; Philaenus (a genus of Cercopidae)