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1. (n.) chinch
(loosely) a bedbug.
Etymology: (1615–25; < Sp chinche < L cīmic-, s. of cīmex bug)
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1. (noun) bedbug, bed bug, chinch, Cimex lectularius
bug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human blood
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1. (noun) chinch
the bedbug (Cimex lectularius)
2. (noun) chinch
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
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