1. any of various small to minute sucking insects with narrow feathery wings if any; they feed on plant sap and many are destructive; [syn: thrips, thrip, thripid]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
thripid
n 1: any of various small to minute sucking insects with narrow
feathery wings if any; they feed on plant sap and many are
destructive [syn: thrips, thrip, thripid]