thrips
See also: Thrips
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- thrip (alternative singular form)
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek θρίψ (thríps, “wood-worm”).
Noun edit
thrips (plural thrips or thripses)
- Any of the many small insects of the order Thysanoptera, especially those that attack useful plants.
- 1919, Frank Hurlbut Chittenden, Control of the Onion Thrips, page 9:
- The turnrows and margins of the fields should be cultivated often enough to prevent the growth of weeds, many forms of which harbor the onion thrips.
- 2002, Thrips, article in International Wildlife Encyclopedia Volume 19, Picture caption, page 2676,
- The thousands of thrips species include among their number the smallest of all winged insects.
- 2004, Steve H. Dreistadt, Pests of Landscape Trees and Shrubs: An Integrated Pest Management Guide, Picture caption, page 157:
- Bleaching and stippling on viburnum foliage infested with greenhouse thrips. Because this sluggish thrips feeds openly on the underside of leaves, it is controlled by thorough coverage with insecticidal soap or oil.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
insect of the order Thysanoptera
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Further reading edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek θρῑ́ψ (thrī́ps, “woodworm”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /tʰriːps/, [t̪ʰriːps̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /trips/, [t̪rips]
Noun edit
thrīps m (genitive thrīpis); third declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | thrīps | thrīpēs |
Genitive | thrīpis | thrīpum |
Dative | thrīpī | thrīpibus |
Accusative | thrīpem | thrīpēs |
Ablative | thrīpe | thrīpibus |
Vocative | thrīps | thrīpēs |
References edit
- “thrips”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- thrips in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.