THRIPS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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; thrips

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

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)