Chinch

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Chinch \Chinch\, n. [Cf. Sp. chinche, fr. L. {cimex}.]
     1. (Zool.) The bedbug ({Cimex lectularius}).
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  chinch
       n : bug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and
           feeds on human blood [syn: {bedbug}, {bed bug}, {Cimex
           lectularius}]