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PHILAENUS SPUMARIUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Philaenus spumarius mean?
• PHILAENUS SPUMARIUS (noun)
The noun PHILAENUS SPUMARIUS has 1 sense:
1. North American insect that severely damages grasses
Familiarity information: PHILAENUS SPUMARIUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
North American insect that severely damages grasses
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
meadow spittlebug; Philaenus spumarius
Hypernyms ("Philaenus spumarius" 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 ("Philaenus spumarius" is a member of...):
genus Philaenus; Philaenus (a genus of Cercopidae)
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