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cinch bug

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chinch bug also cinch bug  
n.   Chiefly Southern & Midland U.S.
  1. A small black and white insect (Blissus leucopterus) that is very destructive to grains and grasses.

  2. See bedbug.

cinch bug  
n.   Chiefly Southern & Midland U.S.
Variant of chinch bug.
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