chinch

chinch
[tʃɪn(t)ʃ]
(亦作 chinch bug)
noun
  1. a plant-eating ground bug that forms large swarms on grasses and rushes
    麦长蝽
  2. Two species in the family Lygaeidae, suborder Heteroptera: the American Blissus leucopterus, which is a major pest of cereal crops, and the European Ischnodemus sabuleti
    长蝽科中2种,半翅亚目: 美洲谷长蝽和欧洲的沙居窄长蝽,前者为主要谷物害虫
语源
  1. early 17th cent. (in the sense 'bedbug'): from Spanish chinche, from Latin cimex, cimic-
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