SPITTLEBUG

Meaning of SPITTLEBUG in English

[spit.tle.bug] n (1882): any of a family (Cercopidae) of leaping homopterous insects whose larvae secrete froth--called also froghopper

Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012

SPITTLEBUG — noun Date: 1882 any of a family (Cercopidae) of leaping homopterous insects whose nymphal larvae produce a frothy secretion
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SPITTLEBUG — or froghopper Any of some 2,000 species of hopping insects (family Cercopidae, order Homoptera) with whitish nymphs that use a …
Английский словарь Британика
SPITTLEBUG — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : spittle insect — usually used in combination; see meadow spittlebug , pine spittlebug , saratoga spittlebug
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SPITTLEBUG — /spit"l bug'/ , n. the nymph of the froghopper, which surrounds itself with a frothy mass. [ 1880-85, Amer.; SPITTLE …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SPITTLEBUG — noun Date: 1882 : any of a family (Cercopidae) of leaping homopterous insects whose nymphal larvae produce a frothy secretion …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SPITTLEBUG — ■ noun another term for froghopper .
Concise Oxford English vocab
SPITTLEBUG — n. or froghopper Any of some 2,000 species of hopping insects (family Cercopidae, order Homoptera) with whitish nymphs that use …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SPITTLEBUG — энт. пенница, слюняница (Cercopidae) (энтомология) пенница, слюняница (Cercopidae)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SPITTLEBUG — n энт. пенница, слюняница ( Cercopidae )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SPITTLEBUG — энт. пенница, слюняница (Cercopidae)
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
SPITTLEBUG — (n) пенница; слюняница
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
SPITTLEBUG — n энт. пенница, слюняница ( Cercopidae )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
SPITTLEBUG — n энт. пенница, слюняница ( Cercopidae )
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SPITTLEBUG — энт. пенница (Aphrophora); pl пенницы (Aphrophoridae) - lined spittlebug - meadow spittlebug - Saratoga spittlebug
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
SPITTLEBUG — энт. пенница ( Aphrophora ) ; pl пенницы ( Aphrophoridae ) - lined spittlebug - meadow spittlebug - Saratoga spittlebug
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
SPITTLEBUG — энт. пенница, слюняница (Cercopidae) (энтомология) пенница, слюняница (Cercopidae)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SPITTLEBUG — n. Pronunciation: - ˌ b ə g Function: noun Date: 1882 : any of a family (Cercopidae) of leaping homopterous …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
MEADOW SPITTLEBUG — noun Date: 1942 a widely distributed spittlebug ( Philaenus spumarius ) that does severe damage especially to grasses
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SARATOGA SPITTLEBUG — noun Usage: usually capitalized 1st S : a cercopid bug ( Aphrophora saratogensis ) that feeds on pines in northern …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PINE SPITTLEBUG — noun : a cercopid bug of the genus Aphrophora that attacks pines in many parts of No. America
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MEADOW SPITTLEBUG — noun : a No. American cercopid insect ( Philaenus spumarius ) that severely damages grasses and other plants
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MEADOW SPITTLEBUG — Date: 1942 : a widely distributed spittlebug ( Philaenus spumarius ) that does severe damage especially to grasses
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MEADOW SPITTLEBUG — [meadow spittlebug] n (1942): a No. American spittlebug (Philaenus spumarius) that does severe damage esp. to grasses
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SPITTLE INSECT — noun Date: 1891 spittlebug
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
FROGHOPPER — noun Date: 1711 spittlebug
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CUCKOO SPIT — noun Date: 1592 a frothy secretion exuded on plants by the nymphs of spittle insects, spittlebug
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SPIT — I. ˈspi]t, usu ]d.+V noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English spite, from Old English spitu; akin to Middle Dutch …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SPIT BUG — noun : spittlebug
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FROGHOPPER — /frog"hop'euhr, frawg"-/ , n. any of numerous leaping, homopterous insects of the family Cercopidae, which in the immature stages live …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SPIT — I. ˈspit noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English spitu; akin to Old High German spiz spit, spizzi pointed Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SPITTLE INSECT — Date: 1891 : spittlebug
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FROGHOPPER
Britannica English vocabulary

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