BLISSUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Blissus mean? 

• BLISSUS (noun)
  The noun BLISSUS has 1 sense:

1. chinch bugs

  Familiarity information: BLISSUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLISSUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Chinch bugs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Blissus; genus Blissus

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)