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CHINCH
bedbug, bed bug, chinch, Cimex lectularius
(noun) bug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human blood
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
chinch (plural chinches)
The bedbug (Cimex lectularius).
Source: Wiktionary
Chinch, n. Etym: [Cf. Sp. chinche, fr. L. cimex.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The bedbug (Cimex lectularius).
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A bug (Blissus leucopterus), which, in the United States, is very destructive to grass, wheat, and other grains; -- also called chiniz, chinch bug, chink bug. It resembles the bedbug in its disgusting odor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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