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What is a spittlebug?

What is a spittlebug? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. Any of various small insects of the superfamily Cercopoidea that feed on plant sap and whose larvae produce cuckoo spit.
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I show some of the children spittlebugs hiding in a fortress of foam and these children become spittlebug guides for their classmates.
The tiny spittlebug, or froghopper, leaped into the scientific spotlight in a July 2003 issue of the journal Nature.
A mother spittlebug lays her eggs on the plant in late summer.
Differential pathogenicity of Metarhizium anisopliae and the control of the sugarcane root spittlebug Mahanarva fimbriolata.
It is interesting to learn that the unsightly mess is caused by a bug with the most appropriate name of spittlebug.
It has also been registered for control of root weevil and spittlebug on strawberries in British Columbia, and control of strawberry blossom clipper weevil and tarnished plant bug on strawberries in eastern Canada.

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