Hypertext Webster Gateway: "thrips"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Thrips \Thrips\, n. [L., a woodworm, Gr. ?.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of numerous small species of Thysanoptera, especially
those which attack useful plants, as the grain thrips
({Thrips cerealium}).
Note: The term is also popularly applied to various other
small injurious insects.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
thrips
n : any of various small to minute sucking insects with narrow
feathery wings if any; they feed on plant sap and many
are destructive [syn: {thrip}, {thripid}]
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