jassid
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of jassid
1890–95; < New Latin Jassidae, equivalent to Jass ( us ) a genus (apparently Latin Jāsus a town on the coast of Caria < Greek Iāsós ) + -idae -idae; see -id 2
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Thrips, thrips, n. a genus of the family Thripid�, which is the sole family of the order Thysanoptera, any member of the same, the corn-thrips, the jassid, the grape-vine thrips.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
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