noun
tobacco thrips
• Syn: ↑genus Frankliniella
• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Thripidae, ↑family Thripidae
• Member Meronyms: ↑tobacco thrips, ↑Frankliniella fusca
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\\ˌfraŋkˌlinēˈelə\ nounUsage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, probably from Henry James Franklin died 1958 American zoologist and entomologist + New Latin -i- + -ella
: a large genus of thrips including numerous serious pests of cultivated plants some of which are vectors of virus diseases — see flower thrips, tobacco thrips
Useful english dictionary. 2012.