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Definition: chiniz
Chinch
\Chinch\, n. [Cf. Sp. chinche, fr. L.
cimex.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) The bedbug (
Cimex lectularius).
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2. (Zo["o]l.) 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.
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