GENUS THRIPS

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Thripidae

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Thrips" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "genus Thrips"):

onion louse; onion thrips; Thrips tobaci (injurious to onion plants and sometimes tobacco)

Holonyms ("genus Thrips" is a member of...):

family Thripidae; Thripidae (thrips)

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