cuckoo-spittlen.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcuckoo-ˌspittle.

= (sense cuckoo-spit n.² 1).

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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

wood-sear1585

cuckoo-spit1592

cuckoo-spittle1646

toad-spittle1658

spring-frotha1722

toad-spit1751

froth-spit1753

frog spittle1811

frog-spit1823

cuckoo-froth1872

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica v. iii. 237 It..is..delivered by many, that Cicades are bred out of Cuccow spittle or Woodseare.

1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 28 That spumeous froth or dew which here in the North we call Cuckow-Spittle, and, in the South, Woodsear.

1884 S. Baring-Gould Mehalah (new ed.) xiii. 185 If on a May morning you rub your eyes with cuckoo spittle, you see the fairies.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	cuckoo-spittle
释义	cuckoo-spittlen. Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcuckoo-ˌspittle. = (sense cuckoo-spit n.² 1). ΘΚΠ 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 wood-sear1585 cuckoo-spit1592 cuckoo-spittle1646 toad-spittle1658 spring-frotha1722 toad-spit1751 froth-spit1753 frog spittle1811 frog-spit1823 cuckoo-froth1872 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica v. iii. 237 It..is..delivered by many, that Cicades are bred out of Cuccow spittle or Woodseare. View more context for this quotation 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 28 That spumeous froth or dew which here in the North we call Cuckow-Spittle, and, in the South, Woodsear. 1884 S. Baring-Gould Mehalah (new ed.) xiii. 185 If on a May morning you rub your eyes with cuckoo spittle, you see the fairies. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1646
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