Definitions for: Chinch

[n] bug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human blood

Webster (1913) Definition: Chinch, n. [Cf. Sp. chinche, fr. L. cimex.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) The bedbug (Cimex lectularius).

2. (Zo["o]l.) 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.

Synonyms: bed bug, bedbug, Cimex lectularius

See Also: bug, Cimex, genus Cimex, hemipteran, hemipteron, hemipterous insect

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