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Meaning of pest

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  pest
      n 1: 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 [syn:
           {plague}, {pestilence}, {pest}, {pestis}]
      2: any epidemic disease with a high death rate [syn: {plague},
         {pestilence}, {pest}]
      3: a persistently annoying person [syn: {pest}, {blighter},
         {cuss}, {pesterer}, {gadfly}]
      4: 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"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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