chinch bug
noun
a small lygaeid bug, Blissus leucopterus, that feeds on corn, wheat, and other grains.
Origin of chinch bug
An Americanism dating back to 1775–85
Words nearby chinch bug
chinaware,
chinbeak,
chinbone,
chincapin,
chinch,
chinch bug,
chincherinchee,
chinchilla,
chinchow,
chinchy,
chincoteague
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British Dictionary definitions for chinch bug
chinch bug
noun
a black-and-white tropical American heteropterous insect, Blissus leucopterus, that is very destructive to grasses and cereals in the US: family Lygaeidae
a related and similar European insect, Ischnodemus sabuleti