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Definition: Thrip |
ThripNoun1. Any of various small to minute sucking insects with narrow feathery wings if any; they feed on plant sap and many are destructive. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: ThripSynonyms: thripid (n), thrips (n). (additional references) |
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| Expression | Frequency per Day |
thrip | 21 |
ribbon thrip trap whitefly | 4 |
rose thrip | 2 |
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| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Anthothrips niger, Anthothrips trifolii, Bagnallia oryzae, Caliothrips fasciatus, Euthrips longipennis, Frankiliena occidentalis, Frankliniella tritici, Haplothrips niger, Haplothrips statices, Heliothrips fasciatus, Hercothrips fasciatus, Kakothrips robustus, Limothrips cerealium, Limothrips denticornis, Liothrips oleae, Liothrips vaneeckei, Parthenothrips dracaenae, physopus robusta, Physothrips longipennis, Scirtothrips citri, Scirtothrips longipennis, Scirtothrips parvus, Selenothrips rubrocinctus, Taeniothrips inconsequens, Taeniothrips laricivorus, Taeniothrips pyri, Thrips angusticeps, Thrips fuscipennis, Thrips linarius, Thrips lini, Thrips oryzae, Thrips tabaci. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "thrip": thrips. (additional references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "h-i-p-r-t" | |
-1 letter: pith, thir, trip. | |
-2 letters: hip, hit, phi, pht, pit, rip, tip. | |
-3 letters: hi, it, pi, ti. | |
| Words containing the letters "h-i-p-r-t" | |
+1 letter: thrips. | |
+2 letters: harpist, hipster, philter, philtra, philtre, pitcher, pithier, prithee, spright, triumph, trophic, upright. | |
+3 letters: aphorist, atrophia, atrophic, chapiter, graphite, harpists, heliport, hemipter, herpetic, hipsters, nephrite, parritch, patchier, perianth, philters, philtred, philtres, philtrum, phratric, phreatic, pitchers, pitchier, plighter, poortith, prefight, prohibit, sprights, starship, strophic, superhit, tephrite, teraphim, trampish, tranship, trephine, triglyph, trigraph, trimorph, triphase, triptych, triumphs, trophied, trophies, ultrahip, uprights. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 68 72 69 70 |
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