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CHINCH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chinch mean? 

CHINCH (noun)
  The noun CHINCH has 1 sense:

1. bug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human bloodplay

  Familiarity information: CHINCH used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CHINCH (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Bug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human blood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

bed bug; bedbug; chinch; Cimex lectularius

Hypernyms ("chinch" is a kind of...):

bug; hemipteran; hemipteron; hemipterous insect (insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis)

Holonyms ("chinch" is a member of...):

Cimex; genus Cimex (type genus of the Cimicidae: bedbugs)


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