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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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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.