Thrip

Quick meaning: Thrip is a noun meaning Optional singular for thrips, an insect of the order Thysanoptera.

Meaning

Optional singular for thrips, an insect of the order Thysanoptera.

Example Sentences

S.^([Stenchaetothrips]) biformis is also known as rice leaf thrip, paddy thrip, or oriental rice thrip.

Nevertheless for the sake of discussion here, I posit a situation that engages experts and uses the thrip infestation as a hypothetical case study.

Thrip are probably one of the hardest flies to actually see. The fecal deposits they leave on the underside of leaves are usually noticed long before the thrip itself.

A pair of local pests, the thrip and white fly, made their way into the greenhouse through the air vents and hitchhiked into the conservatory on plants. Without controls in place, each female thrip can reproduce 200 offspring every week.

Word Forms

• thrips

Synonyms for thrip

Depending on context, synonyms include thrips, thripid.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include thripid, thysanopteran, phlaeothripid, thysanopterist, aeolothripid, thysanopter.

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