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chinch (ch

nch)

n. Chiefly Southern & Midland U.S.

See bedbug.

[Spanish chinche, from Latin cmex, cmic-, bug.]

chinch [tʃɪntʃ]

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) Southern US another name for a bedbug

[from Spanish chinche, from Latin cīmex bug]

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Noun

chinch - bug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human blood

bed bug, bedbug, Cimex lectularius

hemipteran, hemipteron, hemipterous insect, bug - insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis

Cimex, genus Cimex - type genus of the Cimicidae: bedbugs

Translations

chinch [ˈtʃɪntʃ] chinch bug N (US) → chinche m or f de los cereales

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