thripid

Other forms of thripid

plural

thripids·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about thripid

What does thripid mean?

thripid means "any of various small to minute sucking insects with narrow feathery wings if any; they feed on plant sap and many are destructive".

How many syllables are in thripid?

thripid has 2 syllables and divides as thri-pid under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for thripid?

Close synonyms include thrips, thrip. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is thripid a common word?

thripid is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.