|  thrips 
 
 any of various small to minute sucking insects with narrow feathery wings if any;
 they feed on plant sap and many are destructive
 • Syn:
 thrip, 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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