Chinch-bug
31flower bug — any of several bugs of the family Anthocoridae that live on flowers and are predaceous on aphids and other small insects. [1885 90] * * * ▪ insect also called minute pirate bug , or anthocorid bug, any of at least 400 species of small… …
32lygaeid bug — noun a true bug: usually bright colored; pest of cultivated crops and some fruit trees • Syn: ↑lygaeid • Hypernyms: ↑hemipterous insect, ↑bug, ↑hemipteran, ↑hemipteron • Hyponyms: ↑ …
33Rutherglen bug — /rʌðəglɛn ˈbʌg/ (say rudhuhglen bug) noun a chinch bug, Nysius vinitor, destructive to crops and orchards. {from Rutherglen} …
34bed bug — noun bug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human blood • Syn: ↑bedbug, ↑chinch, ↑Cimex lectularius • Hypernyms: ↑hemipterous insect, ↑bug, ↑hemipteran, ↑hemipteron …
35chintz-bug — var. chinch n.1 2 …
36cinch bug — n. another term for chinch …
37Blissus leucopterus — 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;… …
38chiniz — 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;… …
39Cimex lectularius — 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;… …
40bedbug — 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 …
