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SARATOGA SPITTLEBUG
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Saratoga spittlebug mean?
• SARATOGA SPITTLEBUG (noun)
The noun SARATOGA SPITTLEBUG has 1 sense:
1. feeds on pines in northern United States
Familiarity information: SARATOGA SPITTLEBUG used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Feeds on pines in northern United States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Aphrophora saratogensis; Saratoga spittlebug
Hypernyms ("Saratoga 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 ("Saratoga spittlebug" is a member of...):
Aphrophora; genus Aphrophora (a genus of Cercopidae)
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