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chinch

Pronunciation: /tʃɪn(t)ʃ/

(also chinch bug)
Definition of chinch

noun

  • a plant-eating ground bug that forms large swarms on grasses and rushes.
    • Two species in the family Lygaeidae, suborder Heteroptera: the American Blissus leucopterus and the European Ischnodemus sabuleti

Origin:

early 17th century (in the sense 'bedbug'): from Spanish chinche, from Latin cimex, cimic-

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