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thripid

noun

any of various small to minute sucking insects with narrow feathery wings if any; they feed on plant sap and many are destructive

• Syn: ↑thrips, ↑thrip

• Hypernyms: ↑thysanopter, ↑thysanopteron, ↑thysanopterous insect

• Hyponyms: ↑tobacco thrips, ↑Frankliniella fusca, ↑onion thrips, ↑onion louse, ↑Thrips tobaci

• Member Holonyms: ↑Thripidae, ↑family Thripidae

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I. \\ˈthripə̇d\ adjective

Etymology: New Latin Thripidae

: of or relating to the family Thripidae

II. noun (-s)

Etymology: New Latin Thripidae

: an insect of the family Thripidae : thrips

Useful english dictionary. 2012.