Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various minute insects of the order Thysanoptera, having usually four narrow wings fringed with hairs, and many of which are major pests of cereals and fruit trees.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The typical genus of the family Thripidæ or Thripsidæ.
- noun [lowercase] Any member of this genus or family, as Phlœothrips phylloxeræ, which is said to feed on the leaf-gall form of the vine-pest. See cut in next column.
- noun Among grape-growers, erroneously, any one of the leaf-hoppers of the homopterous family Jassidæ, which feed on the grape.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous small species of Thysanoptera, especially those which attack useful plants, as the grain thrips (
Thrips cerealium ).
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any one of numerous small
insects of the orderThysanoptera , especially those which attack useful plants, as the grain thrips (Thrips cerealium).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of various small to minute sucking insects with narrow feathery wings if any; they feed on plant sap and many are destructive
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Treasure Valley's onion fields are furrow-irrigated, and aerial spraying is the only practical way to combat an onion-killing insect called thrips, or thunderbugs.
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Another one is pollinated by thrips, which is a quite uncommon pollination mutualism
Seeds Aside 2009
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The culprit: small bugs called thrips and aphids attracted to strawberries and a variety of vegetables.
Latest Articles 2008
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There are other pests that attack bananas such as thrips, aphids, scale insects, etc.
Chapter 6 1977
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Though they don't need a greenhouse to thrive, the thrips that feed on rhododendrons are called greenhouse thrips "thrips" is both singular and plural.
SFGate: Top News Stories Pam Peirce 2011
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He added that dolichodal, iridomyrmecin, or similar compounds are found also in other insects, such as thrips, stick insects, aphids and rove beetles.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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He added that dolichodal, iridomyrmecin, or similar compounds are found also in other insects, such as thrips, stick insects, aphids and rove beetles.
Signs of the Times 2009
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He added that dolichodal, iridomyrmecin, or similar compounds are found also in other insects, such as thrips, stick insects, aphids and rove beetles.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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He points out that all of the branches or groups technically called clades known to have primitively eusocial species—aculeate wasps, halictine and xylocopine bees, sponge-nesting shrimp, termopsid termites, colonial aphids and thrips, ambrosia beetles, and naked mole rats—rely on colonies that build and occupy defensible nests.
SuperCooperators Martin A. Nowak 2011
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In the meantime, Nathan continues to keep track of where the thrips are, who they are attacking, and where they may head next, helping the military and law enforcement contain the infestation the best they can.
Book Review – Thripz By: Robert Farley « Write Anything 2010
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