FROGHOPPER


Meaning of FROGHOPPER in English

/frog"hop'euhr, frawg"-/ , n.

any of numerous leaping, homopterous insects of the family Cercopidae, which in the immature stages live in a spittlelike secretion on plants. Also called spittle insect, spittlebug .

[ 1705-15; FROG 1 + HOPPER ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .