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Webster 1913 Edition

Chinch

Chinch

,
Noun.
[Cf. Sp.
chinche
, fr. L.
cimex
.]
1.
(Zool.)
The bedbug (
Cimex lectularius
).
2.
(Zool.)
A bug (
Blissus leucopterus
), which, in the United States, is very destructive to grass, wheat, and other grains; – also called
chiniz
,
chinch bug
,
chink bug
. It resembles the bedbug in its disgusting odor.

Webster 1828 Edition

Chinch

CHINCH

,
Noun.
A genus of insects, resembling the feather-wing moths. These insects live in the flowers of plants, and wander from flower to flower, but prefer those which are sweetest.

Definition 2024

chinch

chinch

English

Noun

chinch ‎(plural chinches)

  1. The bedbug (Cimex lectularius).

References

  1. ↑ “chinch” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).

Etymology

From Spanish or Portuguese chinche ‎(“bug”), from Latin cimex ‎(“bedbug”).[1]

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