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    THRIPS

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    thrip; thripid; thrips

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("thrips" is a kind of...):

    thysanopter; thysanopteron; thysanopterous insect (an insect of the order Thysanoptera)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "thrips"):

    Frankliniella fusca; tobacco thrips (injurious to growing tobacco and peanuts)

    onion louse; onion thrips; Thrips tobaci (injurious to onion plants and sometimes tobacco)

    Holonyms ("thrips" is a member of...):

    family Thripidae; Thripidae (thrips)

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