D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Thrips

/thrĭps/ · IPA /θrˈɪps/
01 n. Any one of numerous small species of Thysanoptera, especially those which attack useful plants, as the grain thrips (Thrips cerealium).
  1. 1.
    Any one of numerous small species of Thysanoptera, especially those which attack useful plants, as the grain thrips (Thrips cerealium).(Zool.)