avunculus

plural: avunculi
A gender-neutral term describing aunts and uncles. An alternate could be "auncle".

"I was staying with my avunculus at the time."

by Mushiking42 August 22, 2024

chinch

A hemipter or "true bug", a member of the order hemiptera. Chinch can also refer specifically to Blissus leucopterus, the "true chinch bug".

"The grasses were full of all manner of moths, beetles and chinches."

by Mushiking42 October 20, 2024