chinch bug

/tʃɪntʃ bəg/
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Other forms: chinch bugs

Definitions of chinch bug
  1. noun
    small black-and-white insect that feeds on cereal grasses
    synonyms: Blissus leucopterus
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    type of:
    lygaeid, lygaeid bug
    a true bug: usually bright-colored; pest of cultivated crops and some fruit trees
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