GENUS BLISSUS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Chinch bugs

Synonyms:

Blissus; genus Blissus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "genus Blissus"):

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

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

family Lygaeidae; Lygaeidae (lygaeid bugs)