thrips

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thrips

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek θρίψ (thríps, “wood-worm”).

noun thrips · thripses · thrip

Any of the many small insects of the order Thysanoptera, especially those that attack useful plants. The turnrows and margins of the fields should be cultivated often enough to prevent the growth of weeds, many forms of which harbor the onion thrips.

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noun insect of the order Thysanoptera

Español	tisanóptero
中文	薊馬 /蓟马 jìmǎ
Français	thrips, thrip
Deutsch	Fransenflügler
Ελληνικά	θυσανόπτερο thysanóptero, θριψ thrips
Русский	трипс trips

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@misc{thrips_2026,
  title = {thrips},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/thrips},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}