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Thrip means Optional singular for thrips, an insect of the order Thysanoptera..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Optional singular for thrips, an insect of the order Thysanoptera..
S.^([Stenchaetothrips]) biformis is also known as rice leaf thrip, paddy thrip, or oriental rice thrip.
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.
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.
Nevertheless for the sake of discussion here, I posit a situation that engages experts and uses the thrip infestation as a hypothetical case study.
Use thrip when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Thrip means Optional singular for thrips, an insect of the order Thysanoptera..
Common synonyms include thrips, thripid.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
S.^([Stenchaetothrips]) biformis is also known as rice leaf thrip, paddy thrip, or oriental rice thrip.
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