Translingual

Proper noun

Thrips m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Thripidae – the many common thrips species.

Hyponyms

• (genus): Thrips physapus - type species; for other species see Thrips on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

English

Onion thrips (Thrips tabaci), left, and western flower thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis)

Alternative forms

• thrip (alternative singular form)

Noun

thrips ‎(plural thrips or thripses)

1. Any of the many small insects of the order Thysanoptera, especially those that attack useful plants.
   • 1919, Frank Hurlbut Chittenden, Control of the Onion Thrips, page 9,

     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.

   • 2002, Thrips, article in International Wildlife Encyclopedia Volume 19, Picture caption, page 2676,

     The thousands of thrips species include among their number the smallest of all winged insects.

   • 2004, Steve H. Dreistadt, Pests of Landscape Trees and Shrubs: An Integrated Pest Management Guide, Picture caption, page 157,

     Bleaching and stippling on viburnum foliage infested with greenhouse thrips. Because this sluggish thrips feeds openly on the underside of leaves, it is controlled by thorough coverage with insecticidal soap or oil.

Derived terms

• grain thrips (Thrips cerealium)
• onion thrips (Thrips tabaci)
• western flower thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis)

Translations

Latin

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek θρῑ́ψ ‎(thrī́ps, “woodworm”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /tʰriːps/

Noun

thrīps m ‎(genitive thrīpis); third declension

1. A kind of woodworm
2. trifles, worthless things

Inflection

Third declension.

References

• thrips in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “thrips”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.