CHINCH

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Bug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human blood

Synonyms:

bed bug; bedbug; chinch; Cimex lectularius

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("chinch" is a kind of...):

bug; hemipteran; hemipteron; hemipterous insect (insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis)

Holonyms ("chinch" is a member of...):

Cimex; genus Cimex (type genus of the Cimicidae: bedbugs)

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