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FAMILY CERCOPIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Froghoppers or spittlebugs

Synonyms:

Cercopidae; family Cercopidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("family Cercopidae" is a kind of...):

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "family Cercopidae"):

spittle insect; spittlebug (small leaping herbivorous insect that lives in a mass of protective froth which it and its larvae secrete)

genus Philaenus; Philaenus; Aphrophora; genus Aphrophora (a genus of Cercopidae)

Holonyms ("family Cercopidae" is a member of...):

Homoptera; suborder Homoptera (plant lice (aphids); whiteflies; cicadas; leafhoppers; plant hoppers; scale insects and mealybugs; spittle insects)

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