BLISSUS LEUCOPTERUS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Small black-and-white insect that feeds on cereal grasses

Synonyms:

Blissus leucopterus; chinch bug

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Nouns denoting animals

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

lygaeid; lygaeid bug (a true bug: usually bright-colored; pest of cultivated crops and some fruit trees)

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

Blissus; genus Blissus (chinch bugs)

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