Thrips

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Thysanoptera \Thy`sa*nop"te*ra\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. ? a fringe + ? a wing.] (Zo["o]l.) A division of insects, considered by some writers a distinct order, but regarded by others as belonging to the Hemiptera. They are all of small size, and have narrow, ...