How to pronounce spittlebug

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What spittlebug means

noun

A tiny insect whose young hide in a blob of foam

In a sentence: We found a spittlebug hiding in a bubbly blob on a grass stem.

Where it comes from: It is named for spittle, another word for spit, because the foam its young make looks like spit.

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