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Definition of Chinch

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

Definition of Chinch

1. n. The bedbug (Cimex lectularius).

Definition of Chinch

1. Noun. The bedbug (Cimex lectularius). ¹

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Definition of Chinch

1. a bedbug [n -ES] - See also: bedbug

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chinch

Literary usage of Chinch

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Insect Book: A Popular Account of the Bees, Wasps, Ants, Grasshoppers by Leland Ossian Howard (1905)
"Comstock calls it the " chinch-bug family " from its most famous representative, but of course this is not a distinctive name. ..."

2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1880)
"THOMAS'S chinch BUG.'—In this Bulk-tin, Professor Thomas has given the leading ... Thf chinch Bug : its history, character and habits, and the means of ..."

3. The Book of Wheat: An Economic History and Practical Manual of the Wheat by Peter Tracy Dondlinger (1908)
"The insect shifts so rapidly from place to place that remedies are practically of no avail unless there is concerted action in an infected region.1 chinch ..."

4. Neglected Neighbors: Stories of Life in the Alleys, Tenements and Shanties by Charles Frederick Weller, Eugenia Winston Weller (1909)
"Flies, carrying typhoid fever germs from the open box toilets of "chinch Row", ... IN THK NETHER WORLD In front of "chinch Row" there was a tight board ..."

5. Psyche by Cambridge Entomological Club (1893)
"EXPERIMENTS WITH chinch BUGS. —I notice in the second paragraph of the very interesting and important address of Professor Snow published in your last, ..."

6. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1896)
"The chinch-bug thus yields, according to this data, something more than ... But the farmer raises two crops of chinch-bugs in a year and only one of wheat. ..."

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