chinch

chinch

C0299300 (chĭnch)n. Chiefly Southern & Midland US See bedbug.

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[Spanish chinche, from Latin cīmex, cīmic-, bug.]

chinch

(tʃɪntʃ) n (Animals) Southern US another name for a bedbug[C17: from Spanish chinche, from Latin cīmex bug]

chinch

(tʃɪntʃ)

n. 1. chinch bug. 2. (loosely) a bedbug. [1615–25; < Sp chinche < Latin cīmic-, s. of cīmex bug]

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chinch - bug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human bloodbed bug, bedbug, Cimex lectulariushemipteran, hemipteron, hemipterous insect, bug - insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosisCimex, genus Cimex - type genus of the Cimicidae: bedbugs

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