Meaning of thrip | Babel Free

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Optional singular for thrips, an insect of the order Thysanoptera.

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“S.^([Stenchaetothrips]) biformis is also known as rice leaf thrip, paddy thrip, or oriental rice thrip.”

“A pair of local pests, the thrip and white fly⟳, made their way into the greenhouse through the air vents and hitchhiked into the conservatory on plants. Without controls in place⟳, each female thrip can reproduce⟳ 200 offspring every week.”

“Thrip are probably one of the hardest flies to actually see⟳. The fecal deposits they leave⟳ on the underside of leaves are usually noticed long before the thrip itself.”

“Nevertheless for the sake of discussion here, I posit a situation that engages experts and uses the thrip infestation as a hypothetical case study⟳.”

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