spittlebug

Noun spittlebug has 1 sense

• spittlebug(n = noun.animal) spittle insect - small leaping herbivorous insect that lives in a mass of protective froth which it and its larvae secrete;
is a kind of homopteran, homopterous insect
is a member of cercopidae, family cercopidae
has particulars: froghopper, meadow spittlebug, philaenus spumarius, pine spittlebug, aphrophora saratogensis, saratoga spittlebug