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English noun: thrips

1. thrips (animal) any of various small to minute sucking insects with narrow feathery wings if any; they feed on plant sap and many are destructive


Synonymsthrip, thripid


Broader (hypernym)thysanopter, thysanopteron, thysanopterous insect


Narrower (hyponym)Frankliniella fusca, onion louse, onion thrips, Thrips tobaci, tobacco thrips


Member meronymfamily Thripidae, Thripidae









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