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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 thrips /ˈθrɪps/
 牧草蟲

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Thrips n.  Zool. Any one of numerous small species of Thysanoptera, especially those which attack useful plants, as the grain thrips (Thrips cerealium).
 Note: ☞ The term is also popularly applied to various other small injurious insects.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 thrips
      n : any of various small to minute sucking insects with narrow
          feathery wings if any; they feed on plant sap and many
          are destructive [syn: thrip, thripid]