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BLISSUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Chinch bugs

Synonyms:

Blissus; genus Blissus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Blissus" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Blissus"):

Blissus leucopterus; chinch bug (small black-and-white insect that feeds on cereal grasses)

Holonyms ("Blissus" is a member of...):

family Lygaeidae; Lygaeidae (lygaeid bugs)

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