thrips (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *thrips*:
NOUN	animal	thrips, thrip, thripid	any of various small to minute sucking insects with narrow feathery wings if any

thrips > pronunciation
Sounds	thrih'ps
Rhymes	amidships ... snips: 9 rhymes with ihps...

English > *thrips*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	Any of various small to minute sucking insects with narrow feathery wings if any; they feed on plant sap and many are destructive.
Synonyms	thrip, thripid
Member of	Thripidae, family Thripidae	thrips
Narrower	onion thrips, onion louse, Thrips tobaci	injurious to onion plants and sometimes tobacco
Narrower	tobacco thrips, Frankliniella fusca	injurious to growing tobacco and peanuts
Broader	thysanopter, thysanopteron, thysanopterous insect	An insect of the order Thysanoptera
Spanish	thysanoptera
Catalan	tisanòpter

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