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froghopper in British English
(ˈfrɒɡˌhɒpə)
noun
any small leaping herbivorous homopterous insect of the family Cercopidae, whose larvae secrete a protective spittle-like substance around themselves
Also called: spittle insect, spittlebugfroghopper in American English
(ˈfrɔgˌhɑpər)
noun
spittlebug
froghopper in American English
(ˈfrɑɡˌhɑpər, ˈfrɔɡ-)
noun
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 Word origin
[1705–15; frog1 + hopper]This word is first recorded in the period 1705–15. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Romanesque, condominium, junction, shellac, tie-upImage offroghopper
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Examples of 'froghopper' in a sentencefroghopper
- multiproduct
- multiprogramming
- multipronged
- multipurpose
- multipurpose vehicle
- multiracial
- multiracialism
- multiramified
- multirange
- multiregional
- multireligious
- multi-ringed compound
- multirisk
- multirole
- multiroom
- dead-weight
- deadweight
- dead-white-european-male
- dead white male
- dead wire
- dead wood
- deadwood
- dead zone
- deaerate
- deaeration