单词 | thrips |
释义 | Thripsn. Entomology. (a) The typical genus of the Thripsidæ or Thripidæ, the sole family of the order Thysanoptera (formerly called Physopoda), comprising minute insects with four fringed wings, many of which are injurious to various plants; an insect of this genus or family. (b) Sometimes applied to any one of the Jassidæ, a hemipterous family of leafhoppers that feed on the grapevine. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Thysanoptera > genus Thrips Thrips1795 1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 1082 Those [worms] that are bred in..dry wood are called Thripes.] 1795 Gentleman's Mag. 65 ii. 629/1 The whole genus of thrips is a perfectly innocent animal. 1829 J. L. Knapp Jrnl. Naturalist 299 The wireworm destroys the root, the thrips the germ of the wheat. 1844 C. Darwin in Life & Lett. (1887) II. 30 I have seen a microscopic Thrips and a Cecidomya take flight from a flower..with pollen adhering to them. 1851 B'ham & Midl. Gard. Mag. Aug. 139 If thrip be troublesome, fine muslin bags should be fastened over the buds. 1869 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1868 217 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc.) XV What insects are most injurious to the vine?.. Wisconsin: The thrips to a small extent. 1881 E. A. Ormerod Man. Injurious Insects (1890) 97 The attack of Corn Thrips..often does a great deal of harm very quietly. 1892 Dixon's Seed Catal. 3 Sufficient moisture to keep the red spider and thrip at bay. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1795 |
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