thrips

Plural: thrips, thripses

Noun

• any of various small to minute sucking insects with narrow feathery wings if any; they feed on plant sap and many are destructive
• any of various small to minute sucking insects with narrow feathery wings if any; they feed on plant sap and many are destructive
• Any of the many small insects of the order Thysanoptera, especially those that attack useful plants.

Synonyms

thrip, thripid

Related Words

archaeognathan, beetle, blattodean, booklice, butterflies and moth, caddis flies, cockroach and termite, coleopteran, damselflies and dragonflies, dermapteran, dipteran, earwig, embiopteran, ephemeropteran, flea, flies, grylloblattodean, hemipteran, hymenopteran, ice crawler, jumping bristletail, lepidopteran, mantis, mantodean, mantophasmid, mayflies, mecopteran, megalopteran, neuropteran, odonatan, orthopteran, phasmatodean, plecopteran, psocodean, raphidiopteran, scorpionflies, silverfish, siphonapteran, snakeflies, stick insect, stoneflies, strepsipteran, thysanopteran, trichopteran, true bug, webspinner, zorapteran, zygentoman