Meanings
noun
- An insect of species Thrips tabaci, a pest on onions.
Synonyms: cotton seedling thrips, potato thrips, tobacco thrips
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn insect of species Thrips tabaci, a pest on onions.
More synonyms by meaning
nouninjurious to onion plants and sometimes tobacco
Similar
onion louseThrips tobaci
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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onion thrips. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onion%20thrips
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“onion thrips.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onion%20thrips. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “onion thrips,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onion%20thrips.
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