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Thrip

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  1. 1
    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."

  2. 2
    any of various small to minute sucking insects with narrow feathery wings if any; they feed on plant sap and many are destructive wordnet

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