chinch bug

3 definitions found

chinch bug - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Chinch \Chinch\, n. [Cf. Sp. chinche, fr. L. cimex.]
     1. (Zool.) The bedbug (Cimex lectularius).
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Zool.) A bug (Blissus leucopterus), which, in the
        United States, is very destructive to grass, wheat, and
        other grains; -- also called chiniz, chinch bug,
        chink bug. It resembles the bedbug in its disgusting
        odor.
        [1913 Webster]

  Chinch bug \Chinch bug\, n. (Zool.)
     see chinch[2].
     [PJC]

chinch bug - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  chinch bug
      n 1: small black-and-white insect that feeds on cereal grasses
           [syn: chinch bug, Blissus leucopterus]