Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spitbug

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: spit-bug
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of various small insects of the superfamily Cercopoidea that feed on plant sap and whose larvae produce cuckoo spit.

Etymology

From spit + bug.

Inflected Forms

spitbugs (plural)

Synonyms

froghopper spittlebug

Questions

What does spitbug mean?: Any of various small insects of the superfamily Cercopoidea that feed on plant sap and whose larvae produce cuckoo spit.
Where does spitbug come from?: From spit + bug.

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