thrip
thrip noun: optional singular for thrips, an insect of the order Thysanoptera.
Noun
thrip (plural thrips)
- 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.1994, M. D. Pathak, Zeyaur R. Khan, Insect Pests of Rice, page 47
- 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.2000, Brian McAndrew, Niagara Parks Butterflies, page 49
Examples of thrip in a sentence
- Thrip are probably one of the hardest flies to actually see.2004, Wendy Doucet, A Simple Plant Guide for Beginners and Maintenance Technicians, unnumbered page:
- Nevertheless for the sake of discussion here, I posit a situation that engages experts and uses the thrip infestation as a hypothetical case study.2008, Raymond A. Zilinskas, “Chapter 7: Cuban Allegations of U.S. Biological Warfare: False Accusations and Their Impact on Attribution”...
Forms of thrip
| plural | thrips |
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Origin of thrip
Back-formation from thrips
Words formed from thrip
Questions about thrip
- What does thrip mean?
- Thrip means optional singular for thrips, an insect of the order Thysanoptera.
- How do you use thrip in a sentence?
- Thrip are probably one of the hardest flies to actually see.
- What part of speech is thrip?
- Thrip is a noun.
- What is the plural of thrip?
- The plural of thrip is thrips.
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