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