pest
pest
- 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
- n any epidemic disease with a high death rate
- n a persistently annoying person
- n 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
many pests have developed resistance to the common pesticides
- It has also become a multicolored pest, appealing mainly to snapshooting tourists and aging lonelyhearts who get solace of a sort from feeding the flocks.
- But if parents are searching for the perfect teacher, teachers are looking for the ideal parent, a partner but not a pest, engaged but not obsessed, with a sense of perspective and .
- The chemical industry had its day on Capitol Hill last week as its spokesmen testified before a Senate committee that is looking into the problem of pesticide control.