Thrips

·noun Any one of numerous small species of Thysanoptera, especially those which attack useful plants, as the grain thrips (Thrips cerealium).

thrips
thrips, ĭpis, m., = θρίψ, a wood-worm. I Lit., Plin. 16, 41, 80, § 220.— II Transf., trifles ,...

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