BLISSUS LEUCOPTERUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Blissus leucopterus mean? 

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

1. small black-and-white insect that feeds on cereal grasses

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLISSUS LEUCOPTERUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Blissus leucopterus; chinch bug

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)