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  1. leaping plant-bug, of the family Cercopidae,
  2. in the same order (Homoptera) as leafhoppers
  3. and aphids. Froghoppers live by sucking the
  4. juice from plants. The pale green larvae
  5. protect themselves (from drying out and from
  6. predators) by secreting froth (`cuckoo spit`)
  7. from their anuses.
  8.