pest, n.
(pests)
(pests)
any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc.
<noun.animal>
pest
sample sentences
"he sprayed the garden to get rid of pests""many pests have developed resistance to the common pesticides"
a persistently annoying person
<noun.person> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1
blighter cuss gadfly pest pesterer
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any epidemic disease with a high death rate
<noun.state>
pest pestilence plague
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a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
<noun.state>
pest pestilence pestis plague
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