CHINCH BUG


Meaning of CHINCH BUG in English

[ tʃɪn(t)ʃ ]

■ noun a plant-eating ground bug that forms large swarms on grasses and rushes. [ Blissus leucopterus (America) and Ischnodemus sabuleti (Europe).]

Origin

C17 (in the sense 'bedbug'): from Sp. chinche , from L. cimex , cimic- .

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