Reference meaning
pest
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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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Other meanings
2. noun
any epidemic disease with a high death rate
3. noun
a persistently annoying person
4. noun
any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc.
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