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CHINCH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human blood
Synonyms:
bed bug; bedbug; chinch; Cimex lectularius
Classified under:
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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