Meaning

1 senses

  1. The bedbug (Cimex lectularius).

More definitions
  • bug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human blood

Examples

1 sentences

  1. A chinch bug is climbing the window.

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Origin

From Spanish chinche (“bedbug”) or Portuguese chinche, from Latin cimex (“bedbug”). Double

From Spanish chinche (“bedbug”) or Portuguese chinche, from Latin cimex (“bedbug”). Doublet of cimex.

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Forms

plural: chinches
Singularchinch
Pluralchinches

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • bug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human blood:bedbugbed bugCimex lectularius

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
chimpanzeeA2chinA2chinachinchillaChineseA2

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