GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Chinch (?), n. [Cf. Sp. chinche, fr. L. cimex.]
   1. (Zool.) The bedbug (Cimex lectularius).
   
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   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.
   
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   Chinch bug (?), n. (Zool.) see chinch{2.
   
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