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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}).
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     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.
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