chinch Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun bug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human blood
bed bug; Cimex lectularius; bedbug.
WordNet
Chinch noun
Etymology
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(Zoöl.) The bedbug ( Cimex lectularius ). -
(Zoöl.) A bug ( Blissus leucopterus ), which, in the United States, is very destructive to grass, wheat, and other grains; -- also calledchiniz ,chinch bug ,chink bug . It resembles the bedbug in its disgusting odor.