thrips
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Noun
- Any of various small to minute sucking insects with narrow feathery wings if any; they feed on plant sap and many are destructive
- Any of various small to minute sucking insects with narrow feathery wings if any; they feed on plant sap and many are destructive
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| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | this | 1 | 5145 |
| 2 | trip | 1 | 81 |
| 3 | trips | 1 | 29 |
| 4 | strips | 1 | 14 |
| 5 | tips | 1 | 13 |
| 6 | hips | 1 | 8 |
| 7 | stripes | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | thrills | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | turnips | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | tripods | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | thrives | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | trip's | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | rips | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | tripp's | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | triples | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | triceps | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | traipse | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | thrifts | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | thordis | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | strip's | 1 | 0 |
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Definitions: 2
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 2
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 0
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First records of Japanese gall‐forming thrips Ponticulothrips diospyrosi Haga & Okajima, 1983 (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) in Europe
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