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FAMILY THRIPIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Thripidae mean?
• FAMILY THRIPIDAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY THRIPIDAE has 1 sense:
1. thrips
Familiarity information: FAMILY THRIPIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Thrips
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Thripidae; Thripidae
Hypernyms ("family Thripidae" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "family Thripidae"):
thrip; thripid; thrips (any of various small to minute sucking insects with narrow feathery wings if any; they feed on plant sap and many are destructive)
Frankliniella; genus Frankliniella (tobacco thrips)
genus Thrips (type genus of the Thripidae)
Holonyms ("family Thripidae" is a member of...):
order Thysanoptera; Thysanoptera (thrips)
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