"froghopper" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: froghoppers [plural]
Etymology: From frog + hopper. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|frog|hopper}} frog + hopper Head templates: {{en-noun}} froghopper (plural froghoppers)
  1. Any of various small insects of the superfamily Cercopoidea that feed on plant sap and whose larvae produce cuckoo spit. Synonyms: froth-fly, froth-hopper, spittlebug, spitbug Translations (insect of the superfamily Cercopoidea): sylkikaskas (Finnish), Blutzikade [feminine] (German), chʼosh bizhéʼígíí (Navajo), krasanka [feminine] (Polish), spottstrit [common-gender] (Swedish)

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