Chinch

Definition of Chinch

n.1.(Zool.) The bedbug (Cimex lectularius).
2.(Zool.) 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.

Related Words

bed bug, bedbug, bug, Cimex, Cimex lectularius, genus Cimex, hemipteran, hemipteron, hemipterous insect
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