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vinchuca|vɪnˈtʃuːkə|
[a. Amer. Sp., f. Quechua wihchuykuk.]
One of several blood-sucking triatomine bugs of Central and S. America, esp. Triatoma infestans.
1932Listener 17 Aug. 227/1 The Vinchuca, a horrid looking beetle from half to an inch long..settles on its victims and draws their blood. 1971P. C. C. Garnham Progr. Parasitol. ix. 189 In the opinion of Adler..Darwin contracted Chagas' Disease..when he landed on the coast of Argentina and was bitten by the ‘vinchucas’ (the triatomid bugs which convey the infection). |