A frothy exudation on plants, produced by an insect: = cuckoo-spit, n.2 1; also, the insect itself.
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| 释义 | the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Hemiptera > suborder Homoptera > member of family Cercopidae (spit-insects) > frothy secretion (10) wood-sear1585 A frothy exudation on plants, produced by an insect: = cuckoo-spit, n.2 1; also, the insect itself. cuckoo-spit1592 A frothy secretion exuded by certain insects, in which their larvæ lie enveloped on the leaves, axils, etc. of plants; the insect chiefly… cuckoo-spittle1646 = (sense cuckoo-spit, n.2 1). toad-spittle1658 = cuckoo-spit, n.2 1. spring-frotha1722 a frothy secretion exuded by certain insects on the leaves, axils, or other parts of plants; = cuckoo-spit, n.2 1. toad-spit1751 = toad-spittle n. froth-spit1753 = cuckoo-spit, n.2 1. frog spittle1811 = frog-spit n. frog-spit1823 (a) = cuckoo-spit, n.2 1; (b) U.S. filamentous freshwater algae; cf. frogspawn, n. 2a. cuckoo-froth1872 = cuckoo-spit, n.2 |
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