blissus

Questions about blissus

What does blissus mean?

blissus means "chinch bugs".

How many syllables are in blissus?

blissus has 2 syllables and divides as blis-sus under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for blissus?

Close synonyms include genus Blissus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is blissus a common word?

blissus is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.