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chinch

chinch [ chinch ] (plural chinches) or chinch bug [ chinch ] (plural chinch bugs) or cinch bug [ sínch bùg ] (plural cinch bugs)


noun 
Definition:
 
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.

2. Southern U.S. insects 
Same as  bedbug


[Early 17th century. Via Spanish chinche< Latin cimic-]
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