- thrips, thrip, thripid - any of various small to minute sucking insects with narrow feathery wings if any; they feed on plant sap and many are destructive
--1 is a kind of thysanopter, thysanopteron, thysanopterous insect
--1 is a member of Thripidae, family Thripidae
--1 has particulars:tobacco thrips, Frankliniella fusca; onion thrips, onion louse, Thrips tobaci