froghopper

noun

froghopper

noun

Etymology From frog + hopper.

1

Any of various small insects of the superfamily Cercopoidea that feed on plant sap and whose larvae produce cuckoo spit.

Synonyms
froth-fly, froth-hopper, spittlebug, spitbug

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