单词 | spittlebug |
释义 | spittlebug in American English (ˈspɪtəlˌbʌg) US noun any of a family (Cercopidae) of small, leaping homopteran insects whose nymphs produce white frothy masses on plants spittlebug in American English (ˈspɪtlˌbʌɡ) noun the nymph of the froghopper, which surrounds itself with a frothy mass Word origin [1880–85, Amer.; spittle + bug1]This word is first recorded in the period 1880–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: automatism, barnstorm, jackpot, pari-mutuel, regionalismExamples of 'spittlebug' in a sentence |
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