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■ 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- .
[ 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- .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004