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CERCOPIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Cercopidae mean?
• CERCOPIDAE (noun)
The noun CERCOPIDAE has 1 sense:
1. froghoppers or spittlebugs
Familiarity information: CERCOPIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Froghoppers or spittlebugs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Cercopidae; family Cercopidae
Hypernyms ("Cercopidae" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Cercopidae"):
spittle insect; spittlebug (small leaping herbivorous insect that lives in a mass of protective froth which it and its larvae secrete)
genus Philaenus; Philaenus; Aphrophora; genus Aphrophora (a genus of Cercopidae)
Holonyms ("Cercopidae" is a member of...):
Homoptera; suborder Homoptera (plant lice (aphids); whiteflies; cicadas; leafhoppers; plant hoppers; scale insects and mealybugs; spittle insects)
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