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| chinch [ chinch ] (plural chinches) or chinch bug [ chinch ] (plural chinch bugs) or cinch bug [ sínch bùg ] (plural cinch bugs) |
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1. small insect that destroys grain: a small black-and-white insect with short wings that causes serious damage to grain crops and grasses by sucking juices from them. Latin name Blissus leucopterus.
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2. Southern U.S. insects
Same as bedbug
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| [Early 17th century. Via Spanish chinche< Latin cimic-] |
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