Chinch-bug
21chinch — n. 1. Bed bug, house bug, bug (Cimex lectularius). 2. Chinch bug, chink bug, chintz …
22chinch — [[t]tʃɪntʃ[/t]] n. 1) ent chinch bug 2) ent (loosely) a bedbug • Etymology: 1615–25; < Sp chinche < L cīmic , s. of cīmex bug …
23chinch — n. (in full chinch bug) US 1 a small insect, Blissus leucopterus, that destroys the shoots of grasses and grains. 2 a bedbug. Etymology: Sp. chinche f. L cimex icis …
24chinch — 1610s, from Sp./Port. chinche (dim. chinchilla) bug, from L. cimicem (nom. cimex) bedbug …
25chink bug — Chinch Chinch, n. [Cf. Sp. chinche, fr. L. {cimex}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) The bedbug ({Cimex lectularius}). [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) A bug ({Blissus leucopterus}), which, in the United States, is very destructive to grass, wheat, and other grains;… …
26Bait bug — Bug Bug (b[u^]g), n. [OE. bugge, fr. W. bwg, bwgan, hobgoblin, scarecrow, bugbear. Cf. {Bogey}, {Boggle}.] 1. A bugbear; anything which terrifies. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Sir, spare your threats: The bug which you would fright me with I seek. Shak …
27chinch — tʃɪntʃ n. type of bug …
28chinch — n. bed bug …
29lygaeid bug — ▪ insect any of a group of insects in the true bug order, Heteroptera, that includes many important crop pests. There are between 3,000 and 5,000 species of lygaeid bugs, which vary from brown to brightly patterned with red, white, or black… …
30plant bug — any of numerous, often brightly colored hemipterous insects of the family Miridae that feed on the juices of plants. Also called capsid, leaf bug. [1855 60, Amer.] * * * ▪ insect any member of two families of the insect order Heteroptera.… …
