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Cuckoo spit

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cuck⋅oo-spit

  [koo-koo-spit, kook-oo-]
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–noun
1. Also called frog spit. a frothy secretion found on plants, exuded by the young of certain insects, as the froghoppers, and serving as a protective covering.
2. an insect that produces this secretion.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME cokkowespitle cuckoopint; so called from the spitlike secretion found on the plant and thought to be left by the bird
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cuckoo spit  
n.  A frothy mass of liquid secreted on plant stems as a protective covering by nymphs of the spittlebug. Also called frog spit.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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