ORDER THYSANOPTERA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does order Thysanoptera mean? 

• ORDER THYSANOPTERA (noun)
  The noun ORDER THYSANOPTERA has 1 sense:

1. thrips

  Familiarity information: ORDER THYSANOPTERA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ORDER THYSANOPTERA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Thrips

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

order Thysanoptera; Thysanoptera

Hypernyms ("order Thysanoptera" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "order Thysanoptera"):

thysanopter; thysanopteron; thysanopterous insect (an insect of the order Thysanoptera)

family Thripidae; Thripidae (thrips)

Holonyms ("order Thysanoptera" is a member of...):

class Hexapoda; class Insecta; Hexapoda; Insecta (insects; about five-sixths of all known animal species)