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thrips
thrips minute, agile insects of the order Thysanoptera. Thrips have piercing-and-sucking mouthparts and cup-shaped feet from which bladderlike adhesive organs may be extended. Some species are wingless, but many have four narrow, featherlike wings fringed with hairs. Metamorphosis is gradual, and some thrips frequently reproduce by parthenogenesis . A few species prey on mites and small insects; others, e.g., the onion, pear, greenhouse, and grass thrips, feed on the foliage and flowers of plants to which they may transmit virus diseases. Thrips are classified in the phylum Arthropoda , class Insecta, order Thysanoptera. |
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"thrips." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "thrips." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-thrips.html "thrips." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-thrips.html |
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thrips / [unvoicedth]rips/ (also thrip) • n. (pl. same) a minute black winged insect (order Thysanoptera) that sucks plant sap and can be a serious pest of ornamental and food plants when present in large numbers. |
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"thrips." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "thrips." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-thrips.html "thrips." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-thrips.html |
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thrips minute insect infecting plants. XVIII. — L. — Gr. thríps, pl. thrîpes wood-worm.
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T. F. HOAD. "thrips." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "thrips." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-thrips.html T. F. HOAD. "thrips." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-thrips.html |
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thrips See THYSANOPTERA.
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MICHAEL ALLABY. "thrips." A Dictionary of Zoology. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MICHAEL ALLABY. "thrips." A Dictionary of Zoology. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O8-thrips.html MICHAEL ALLABY. "thrips." A Dictionary of Zoology. 1999. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O8-thrips.html |
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thrips
•apse, collapse, craps, elapse, lapse, perhaps, schnapps
•prolapse • synapse • Lesseps
•quadriceps
•biceps, triceps
•forceps
•traipse, trapes
•jackanapes • Pepys
•Chips, eclipse, ellipse, thrips
•Phillips • apocalypse
•amidships, midships
•cripes, Stars and Stripes
•copse • Cheops • Pelops • Cyclops
•triceratops • corpse • Stopes
•oops, whoops
•turps • mumps • goosebumps
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"thrips." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "thrips." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-thrips.html "thrips." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-thrips.html |
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