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 | ||
Synonyms | thrip, thripid | ||
Broader (hypernym) | thysanopter, thysanopteron, thysanopterous insect | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | Frankliniella fusca, onion louse, onion thrips, Thrips tobaci, tobacco thrips | ||
Member meronym | family Thripidae, Thripidae | ||