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chinch

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WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

chinch - bug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human blood
  bedbug, bed bug, Cimex lectularius
  hemipteran, hemipteron, hemipterous insect, bug insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • chinch (Noun)
    The bedbug Cimex lectularius .

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • chinch (n.)
    The bedbug (Cimex lectularius).
  • chinch (n.)
    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.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • chinch
    chinch, n. the bed-bug in America. [Sp.,—L. cimic-em.]

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