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- English Word Chimpanzee Definition An african ape (Anthropithecus troglodytes or Troglodytes niger) which approaches more nearly to man, in most respects, than any other ape. When full grown, it is from three to four feet high.
- English Word Chin Definition The lower extremity of the face below the mouth; the point of the under jaw.
- English Word Chin Definition The exterior or under surface embraced between the branches of the lower jaw bone, in birds.
- English Word Chin cough Definition Whooping cough.
- English Word China Definition A country in Eastern Asia.
- English Word China Definition China ware, which is the modern popular term for porcelain. See Porcelain.
- English Word Chinaldine Definition See Quinaldine.
- English Word Chinaman Definition A native of China; a Chinese.
- English Word Chinamen Definition of Chinaman
- English Word Chincapin Definition See Chinquapin.
- English Word Chinch Definition The bedbug (Cimex lectularius).
- English Word Chinch Definition A bug (Blissus leucopterus), which, in the United States, is very destructive to grass, wheat, and other grains; -- also called chiniz, chinch bug, chink bug. It resembles the bedbug in its disgusting odor.
- English Word Chincha Definition A south American rodent of the genus Lagotis.
- English Word Chinche Definition Parsimonious; niggardly.
- English Word Chincherie Definition Penuriousness.
- English Word Chinchilla Definition A small rodent (Chinchilla lanigera), of the size of a large squirrel, remarkable for its fine fur, which is very soft and of a pearly gray color. It is a native of Peru and Chili.
- English Word Chinchilla Definition The fur of the chinchilla.
- English Word Chinchilla Definition A heavy, long-napped, tufted woolen cloth.
- English Word Chinchona Definition Alt. of Chincona
- English Word Chincona Definition See Cinchona.