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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. small leaping herbivorous insect that lives in a mass of protective froth which it and its larvae secrete;
[syn: spittle insect, spittlebug]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Spittle \Spit"tle\, n. [From Spit to eject from the mouth: cf. Spattle, and AS. sp[=a]tl.] The thick, moist matter which is secreted by the salivary glands; saliva; spit. [1913 Webster] Spittle insect. (Zool.) See Cuckoo spit (b), under Cuckoo. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

spittle insect n 1: small leaping herbivorous insect that lives in a mass of protective froth which it and its larvae secrete [syn: spittle insect, spittlebug]