thripid

Thesaurus

Noun

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thripid - any of various small to minute sucking insects with narrow feathery wings if any; they feed on plant sap and many are destructivethrip, thripsthysanopter, thysanopteron, thysanopterous insect - an insect of the order Thysanopterafamily Thripidae, Thripidae - thripsFrankliniella fusca, tobacco thrips - injurious to growing tobacco and peanutsonion louse, onion thrips, Thrips tobaci - injurious to onion plants and sometimes tobacco