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GENUS THRIPS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Thrips mean?
• GENUS THRIPS (noun)
The noun GENUS THRIPS has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Thripidae
Familiarity information: GENUS THRIPS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Thripidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("genus Thrips" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "genus Thrips"):
onion louse; onion thrips; Thrips tobaci (injurious to onion plants and sometimes tobacco)
Holonyms ("genus Thrips" is a member of...):
family Thripidae; Thripidae (thrips)
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