spittlebug — noun small leaping herbivorous insect that lives in a mass of protective froth which it and its larvae secrete • Syn: ↑spittle insect • Hypernyms: ↑homopterous insect, ↑homopteran • Hyponyms: ↑froghopper, ↑meadow spittlebug, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
meadow spittlebug — noun Date: 1942 a widely distributed spittlebug (Philaenus spumarius) that does severe damage especially to grasses … New Collegiate Dictionary
spittlebug — /spit l bug /, n. the nymph of the froghopper, which surrounds itself with a frothy mass. [1880 85, Amer.; SPITTLE + BUG1] * * * or froghopper Any of some 2,000 species of hopping insects (family Cercopidae, order Homoptera) with whitish nymphs… … Universalium
meadow spittlebug — noun North American insect that severely damages grasses • Syn: ↑Philaenus spumarius • Hypernyms: ↑spittle insect, ↑spittlebug • Member Holonyms: ↑Philaenus, ↑genus Philaenus * * * … Useful english dictionary
homopteran — /heuh mop teuhr euhn, hoh /, adj. 1. homopterous. n. 2. a homopterous insect. [1835 45; see HOMOPTEROUS, AN] * * * ▪ insect order Introduction any of more than 32,000 species of sucking insects, the members of which exhibit considerable… … Universalium
froghopper — /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; FROG1 + HOPPER] * * * ▪… … Universalium
spittle insect — noun small leaping herbivorous insect that lives in a mass of protective froth which it and its larvae secrete • Syn: ↑spittlebug • Hypernyms: ↑homopterous insect, ↑homopteran • Hyponyms: ↑froghopper, ↑meadow spittlebug, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Philaenus spumarius — Wiesenschaumzikade Typische Farbmorphe der Wiesenschaumzikade (Philaenus spumarius f. typica) Systematik Ordnung … Deutsch Wikipedia
Wiesenschaumzikade — Typische Farbmorphe der Wiesenschaumzikade (Philaenus spumarius f. typica) Systematik Ordnung: Schnabelkerfe (Hemiptera) … Deutsch Wikipedia
On Nature's Trail — was a television show produced by the Maryland Center for Public Broadcasting in Owings Mills, Maryland in 1978. The show featured Elmer and Jean Worthley observing and discussing plants growing at different locations in Baltimore County,… … Wikipedia
Philaenus spumarius — noun North American insect that severely damages grasses • Syn: ↑meadow spittlebug • Hypernyms: ↑spittle insect, ↑spittlebug • Member Holonyms: ↑Philaenus, ↑genus Philaenus … Useful english dictionary