- hairy chinch bug
- noun
: a bug closely related to and possibly a short-winged variety of the chinch bug that is sometimes destructive to turf in the northeastern United States
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
hairy chinch bug
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chinch bug — a small lygaeid bug, Blissus leucopterus, that feeds on corn, wheat, and other grains. [1775 85, Amer.] * * * ▪ insect (Blissus leucopterus), important grain and corn pest belonging to the insect family Lygaeidae (order Heteroptera). Though a… … Universalium
