ONION THRIPS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does onion thrips mean? 

• ONION THRIPS (noun)
  The noun ONION THRIPS has 1 sense:

1. injurious to onion plants and sometimes tobacco

  Familiarity information: ONION THRIPS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ONION THRIPS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Injurious to onion plants and sometimes tobacco

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

onion louse; onion thrips; Thrips tobaci

Hypernyms ("onion thrips" is a kind of...):

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)

Holonyms ("onion thrips" is a member of...):

genus Thrips (type genus of the Thripidae)