pest  (p ĕst)
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n.1. An annoying person or thing; a nuisance. 2. An organism, typically an insect, that sickens or annoys humans, hampers human activities, damages crops or food products, harms livestock, or causes damage to buildings. 3. A deadly epidemic disease; a pestilence.
[French peste, pestilence, from Old French, from Latin pestis.] |
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