|
|
1. (n.) thrips
any of several minute insects of the order Thysanoptera, that have long, narrow wings fringed with hairs and that infest and feed on a wide variety of weeds and crop plants.
Etymology: (1650–60; < NL < Gk thríps woodworm)
|
| Definition of 'thrips' |
Princeton's WordNet |
|
1. (noun) thrips, thrip, thripid
any of various small to minute sucking insects with narrow feathery wings if any; they feed on plant sap and many are destructive
|
| Definition of 'thrips' |
Webster Dictionary |
|
1. (noun) thrips
any one of numerous small species of Thysanoptera, especially those which attack useful plants, as the grain thrips (Thrips cerealium)
|
|
|
|
|
| Alternative search options for 'thrips' |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Definitions of thrips 
