chinch
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Origin:
1615–25; < Spanish chinche < Latin cīmic- (stem of cīmex) bug
1615–25; < Spanish chinche < Latin cīmic- (stem of cīmex) bug
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| —n | |
| (Southern US) another name for a bedbug | |
| [C17: from Spanish chinche, from Latin cīmex bug] | |
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Chinch
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
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Word Origin & History
chinch
1616, from Sp./Port. chinche (dim. chinchilla) "bug," from L. cimex (acc. cimicem) "bedbug."
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Example sentences
Finally, the flotation method for quantifying chinch bug populations will be displayed.
For example, the big-eyed bug is a natural predator of the chinch bug.
Also if insects such as chinch-bugs become a problem, insecticides can be used.
Chinch bugs are pretty bad here at present millet is not so good as it was last year on acct of them.
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