单词 | spittle bug |
释义 | > as lemmasspittle bug spittle bug n. U.S. = froghopper n. at frog n.1 and adj. Compounds 2a; cf. cuckoo-spit n.2 1. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Hemiptera > suborder Homoptera > member of family Cercopidae (spit-insects) wood-sear1585 froghopper?1711 froth-insect1774 froth-worm1774 froth-frog-hopper1816 froth-fly1864 spittle bug1882 spit-insect1950 1882 7th Vermont Agric. Rep. 1881–2 77 Dr. Cutting spoke of the frog hopper, usually known as the spittle bug on grass. 1948 Sun (Baltimore) 9 June 26/8 Spittle-bug infection has damaged alfalfa fields. 1972 L. A. Swan & C. S. Papp Common Insects N. Amer. xiii. 136 Spittlebugs are named for the sticky, bubbly mass of froth with which the nymphs surround themselves. < as lemmas |
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