THRIPIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Thripidae mean? 

• THRIPIDAE (noun)
  The noun THRIPIDAE has 1 sense:

1. thrips

  Familiarity information: THRIPIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• THRIPIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Thrips

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Thripidae; Thripidae

Hypernyms ("Thripidae" is a kind of...):

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "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 ("Thripidae" is a member of...):

order Thysanoptera; Thysanoptera (thrips)