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• n  any of various small to minute sucking insects with narrow feathery wings if any; they feed on plant sap and many are destructive

• It is also practically immune to the bud-eating thrip.
• His pledged word is not worth a thrip.
• Four years ago tartar emetic was hailed as the new and perfect control for citrus thrips in California.

• thrips
• thripid

News & Articles

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• Thrips take toll on peanut, cotton crops
  A tobacco thrip. Submitted photo TIFTON — A tiny insect proved to be a formidable foe for Georgia farmers in 2013. Whether thrips will deliver a similar punch in 2014 remains to be seen.
  Jan. 18, 2014 - Thomasville Times-Enterprise

Quotes

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• Mackenzie Crook in stv.tv
  Describing his character Mackenzie says: "Thrip is out to get Luke and wants to destroy Mr Galvin along the way. He is a mischief maker who loves stirring things up between them. He is a flamboyant character who enjoys making trouble but he is on a...
• Zoe Tapper in Telegraph.co.uk
  Thrip and Tobias Tibbs [McNally's character], who's half-rat, half-man, are the stuff of nightmares,says Tapper, who is 27. "But it was fun working with them. I did a stunt with Mackenzie where I had to kick him and grab him by the throat...