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pest
noun
Any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc.
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pɛst
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noun
Any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc.
“He sprayed the garden to get rid of pests”
noun
A persistently annoying person
noun
Any epidemic disease with a high death rate
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
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He sprayed the garden to get rid of pests
Many pests have developed resistance to the common pesticides
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