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Definition of Pest

1. Noun. 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.

2. Noun. Any epidemic disease with a high death rate.

3. Noun. A persistently annoying person.

4. Noun. Any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc.. "Many pests have developed resistance to the common pesticides"

Definition of Pest

1. n. A fatal epidemic disease; a pestilence; specif., the plague.

Definition of Pest

1. Noun. (originally) A plague, pestilence, epidemic ¹

2. Noun. An annoying, harmful, often destructive creature. ¹

3. Noun. An annoying person. ¹

4. Noun. (British slang) Someone with poor social discipline who continually bothers disinterested women. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pest

1. an annoying person or thing [n -S]

Medical Definition of Pest

1. A general term for organisms (rats, insects, etc.) which may cause illness or damage or consume food crops and other materials important to humans. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pest

pessimism pessimisms pessimist pessimistic pessimistical pessimistically pessimists pessimize pessimized pessimizes

pessimizing pessimum pessimum(a) pessimums pessulus pest (current term) pest control pester pester power pestered

pesterer pesterers pestering pesteringly pesterings pesterment pesterments pesterous pesters

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