SPITTLE INSECT


Meaning of SPITTLE INSECT in English

noun

: any of numerous small leaping insects of the family Cercopidae with nymphs that live on plants and envelop themselves in a mass of white froth consisting of a fluid secreted from the anus in which bubbles of air are trapped

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