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CHINCH BUG
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small black-and-white insect that feeds on cereal grasses
Synonyms:
Blissus leucopterus; chinch bug
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("chinch bug" is a kind of...):
lygaeid; lygaeid bug (a true bug: usually bright-colored; pest of cultivated crops and some fruit trees)
Holonyms ("chinch bug" is a member of...):
Blissus; genus Blissus (chinch bugs)