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
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I. \\ˈthripə̇d\ adjective : of or relating to the family Thripidae
II. noun
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: an insect of the family Thripidae : thrips
Useful english dictionary. 2012.