Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In Brauer's system, the seventh order of insects, including only the family Thripidæ (or Thripsidæ), by the older authors (before Haliday) considered as belonging to the Hemiptera.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural (Zoöl.) A division of insects, considered by some writers a distinct order, but regarded by others as belonging to the Hemiptera. They are all of small size, and have narrow, broadly fringed wings with rudimentary nervures. Most of the species feed upon the juices of plants, and some, as those which attack grain, are very injurious to crops. Called also
Physopoda . Seethrips .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun A taxonomic
order within thesuperorder Exopterygota — thethrips . Tiny insects, usually with very narrow wings, flying largely by use offringes of longsetae rather thanmembranes .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun thrips
Etymologies
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Examples
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Thrips = Thysanoptera, most adults around 1 or 2 mm. (singular form ends in s)
Boing Boing: September 24, 2006 - September 30, 2006 Archives 2006
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In this case the insect was an unidentified species of thrips Thysanoptera and the empty shells was the common North American snail Zonitoides arboreus.
Archive 2008-02-01 AYDIN 2008
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In this case the insect was an unidentified species of thrips Thysanoptera and the empty shells was the common North American snail Zonitoides arboreus.
A new tenant for the snail’s shell AYDIN 2008
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Physopoda: bladder-footed: = Thysanoptera; q.v. Phytophaga: plant-eaters: beetles in which the 4th and 5th tarsal joints are anchylosed and the 3d is lobed.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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Molecular diagnosis of a previously unreported predator-prey association in coffee: Karnyothrips flavipes Jones (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) predation on the coffee berry borer.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Molecular diagnosis of a previously unreported predator-prey association in coffee: Karnyothrips flavipes Jones (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) predation on the coffee berry borer.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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