"scare-sleep" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: scare-sleeps [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} scare-sleep (plural scare-sleeps)
  1. (obsolete) An insect, a lanternfly (Fulgora laternaria). Tags: obsolete Categories (lifeform): Hemipterans

Inflected forms

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