pest

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

2. n. Anything which resembles a pest; one who, or that which, is troublesome, noxious, mischievous, or destructive; a nuisance. Source: opted

3. n. 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 Source: wordnet

4. n. any epidemic disease with a high death rate Source: wordnet

5. n. a persistently annoying person Source: wordnet

6. n. any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc. Source: wordnet

7. 1. A fatal epidemic disease; a pestilence; specif., the plague. England's sufferings by that scourge, the pest. Cowper. 2. Anything which resembles a pest; one who, or that which, is troublesome, noxious, mischievous, or destructive; a nuisance. "A pest and public enemy." South. Source: webster

8. n:100 n. a persistently annoying person n. any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc. Source: ecdict

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