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CUCKOO SPIT

Definition: CUCKOO SPIT

CUCKOO SPIT

1. Exuded by the larvae of certain insects, for concealment; -- called also toad spittle and frog spit . (b) (Zo["o]l.) A small hemipterous insect, the larva of which, living on grass and the leaves of plants, exudes this secretion. The insects belong to Aphrophora , Helochara , and allied genera.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Crosswords: CUCKOO SPIT

English words defined with "CUCKOO SPIT": Frog hopper, Froth insectspittle insectToad spittleWood sore. (references)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: CUCKOO SPIT

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

cuckoo spit

4
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: CUCKOO SPIT

Language Translations for "CUCKOO SPIT"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Manx

  

smug-chooag. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

uckoocay itspay.(various references)

   

Swedish

  

ormspott, grodspott (frog spit). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: CUCKOO SPIT

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-c-i-k-o-o-p-s-t-u"

-2 letters: cockpits, occiputs, scotopic, stopcock.

-3 letters: cockpit, cockups, copious, copouts, cuckoos, occiput, octopus, sickout, stickup, upticks.

-4 letters: cockup, coitus, coopts, copout, cuckoo, octopi, optics, picots, stucco, topics, tupiks, uptick.

-5 letters: cisco, cocos, cooks, coops, coopt, coots, coups, cutis, ictus, kotos, optic, picks, picot, pious, pisco, pocks, posit, pouts, pucks, scoop, scoot, scout, sicko, situp, socko.

 Words containing the letters "c-c-i-k-o-o-p-s-t-u"
 

+1 letter: cuckoopints.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Expressions: Internet
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Bibliography


  

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