noun
any of various small to minute sucking insects with narrow feathery wings if any; they feed on plant sap and many are destructive
• Hypernyms: ↑thysanopter, ↑thysanopteron, ↑thysanopterous insect
• Hyponyms: ↑tobacco thrips, ↑Frankliniella fusca, ↑onion thrips, ↑onion louse, ↑Thrips tobaci
• Member Holonyms: ↑Thripidae, ↑family Thripidae
Useful english dictionary. 2012.