Home › Words › S › spitbugspitbugspitbug means any of various small insects of the superfamily Cercopoidea that feed on plant sap and whose larvae produce cuckoo spit.EtymologyFrom spit + bug.nounAny of various small insects of the superfamily Cercopoidea that feed on plant sap and whose larvae produce cuckoo spit.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.aphrophorid 66% match — Any spittlebug in the family Aphrophoridae. vs spitbug →clastopterid 66% match — Any spittlebug of the family Clastopteridae. vs spitbug →cercopid 61% match — Any froghopper in the family Cercopidae. vs spitbug →cucujoid 60% match — Any beetle of the superfamily Cucujoidea. vs spitbug →culicomorph 58% match — Any insect in the infraorder Culicomorpha, which includes mosquitos, blackflies, and many types of midges vs spitbug →cucujid 58% match — Any beetle in the family Cucujidae. vs spitbug →cercopoid 57% match — Relating to or characteristic of the froghoppers of the superfamily Cercopoidea. vs spitbug →leafhopper 57% match — Any insect of the family Cicadellidae. vs spitbug →