ONION LOUSE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Injurious to onion plants and sometimes tobacco

Synonyms:

onion louse; onion thrips; Thrips tobaci

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("onion louse" 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 ("onion louse" is a member of...):

genus Thrips (type genus of the Thripidae)

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