thrip
any of various small to minute sucking insects with narrow feathery wings if any; they feed on plant sap and many are destructive • Syn: thrips, thripid • Hypernyms: thysanopter, thysanopteron, thysanopterous insect • Hyponyms: tobacco thrips, Frankliniella fusca, onion thrips, onion louse, Thrips tobaci • Member Holonyms: Thripidae, family Thripidae
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