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Meaning of ‘pest’
4 definitions found.
any unwanted and destructive insect or animal that attacks food or crops or livestock
Example: "The gardener sprayed the garden to get rid of pests."
a persistently annoying person
Synonyms: gadfly cuss blighter pesterer
any epidemic disease with a high death rate
Synonyms: pestilence plague
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
Synonyms: pestilence plague pestis
Source: WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University
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