Thrips vs Thrids - What's the difference?

thrips | thrids |

As a noun thrips

is any of the many small insects of the order Thysanoptera, especially those that attack useful plants.

As a verb thrids is

third-person singular of thrid.

thrips

English

(wikipedia thrips)

Alternative forms

* thrip (alternative singular form)

Noun

(thrips)

Any of the many small insects of the order Thysanoptera, especially those that attack useful plants.

* 1919', Frank Hurlbut Chittenden, ''Control of the Onion '''Thrips , page 9,

The turnrows and margins of the fields should be cultivated often enough to prevent the growth of weeds, many forms of which harbor the onion thrips .

* 2002', '''''Thrips'' , article in ''International Wildlife Encyclopedia Volume 19, Picture caption, page 2676,

The thousands of thrips species include among their number the smallest of all winged insects.

* 2004 , Steve H. Dreistadt, Pests of Landscape Trees and Shrubs: An Integrated Pest Management Guide , Picture caption, page 157,

Bleaching and stippling on viburnum foliage infested with greenhouse thrips'. Because this sluggish ' thrips feeds openly on the underside of leaves, it is controlled by thorough coverage with insecticidal soap or oil.

Derived terms

* (grain thrips) () * (onion thrips) () * (western flower thrips) ()

External links

* http://www.gladescropcare.com/wythp.html

thrids

English

Verb

(head)

(thrid)

thrid

English

Verb

(head)

(archaic) (thread)

Verb

(thridd)

(archaic) To pass through in the manner of a thread or a needle; to make or find a course through; to thread.

* Alexander Pope

Some thrid the mazy ringlets of her hair.

* J. R. Drake

And now he thrids the bramble bush.

* Tennyson

I began / To thrid the musky-circled mazes.

(archaic) To make or effect (a way or course) through something.

to thrid one's way through a wood

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