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See also: Thrips
English
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Thrips_tabaci%2C_Frankliniella_occidentalis.jpg/220px-Thrips_tabaci%2C_Frankliniella_occidentalis.jpg)
Alternative forms
[edit]- thrip (alternative singular form)
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek θρίψ (thríps, “wood-worm”).
Noun
[edit]thrips (plural thrips or thripses)
- 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
[edit]Translations
[edit]insect of the order Thysanoptera
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Further reading
[edit]thrips on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- https://web.archive.org/web/20050219030824/http://www.gladescropcare.com/wythp.html
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek θρῑ́ψ (thrī́ps, “woodworm”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /tʰriːps/, [t̪ʰriːps̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /trips/, [t̪rips]
Noun
[edit]thrīps m (genitive thrīpis); third declension
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | thrīps | thrīpēs |
Genitive | thrīpis | thrīpum |
Dative | thrīpī | thrīpibus |
Accusative | thrīpem | thrīpēs |
Ablative | thrīpe | thrīpibus |
Vocative | thrīps | thrīpēs |
References
[edit]- “thrips”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- thrips in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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