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Noun
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pests, plural;
  1. A destructive insect or other animal that attacks crops, food, livestock, etc

  2. An annoying person or thing; a nuisance

  3. Bubonic plague

  1. plague: 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
  2. plague: any epidemic disease with a high death rate
  3. a persistently annoying person
  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"
  5. PEST analysis stands for "Political, Economic, Social, and Technological analysis" and describes a framework of macro-environmental factors used in the environmental scanning component of strategic management. ...
  6. Pest are a band on the Ninja Tune independent record label, playing electronic music with tinges of jazz, funk and hip-hop. The band consists of Matt Chandler (guitars), Benjamin Mallott (DJ / keys), Thomas Marriott (trombone) and Wayne Urquhart (cello)
  7. Pest is the eastern, mostly flat part of Budapest, comprising about two thirds of Budapest's territory. It is divided from Buda, the other part of Budapest, by the Danube River. ...
  8. Pest County is a county (megye) in central Hungary. It covers an area of , and has a population of 1,213,090 (2009). It surrounds the national capital Budapest and the majority of the county's population (65.2%/790,995 in 2009) live in the suburbs of Budapest. ...
  9. In ice hockey, a pest is a characterization of player who attempts to antagonize opponent players either by physical play or verbally. Pests employ legal, illegal, or borderline tactics to accomplish their goals. ...
  10. Pest is a Norwegian black metal vocalist, mainly known for his work in the band Gorgoroth.
  11. A plague, pestilence, epidemic; An annoying, harmful, often destructive creature; An annoying person; Someone with poor social discipline who continually bothers disinterested women
  12. (Pests) All the parasites of olive trees.
  13. (Pests) Animals or insects such as flies and rodents that can infest a food establishment.
  14. (Pests) Collective term for non-viral malicious code, spyware, hacker tools, trojans etc.
  15. (Pests) Organisms (e.g., insects, reptiles, and rodents) that can cause damage to collections or interfere with human objectives for a controlled environment.
  16. (Pests) Your lender will require a certificate from a qualified inspector stating that the home is free from termites and other pests and pest damage. You may want to reserve the right to cancel the agreement or seek immediate treatment and repairs by the seller if pest damage is found.
  17. (Pests) animals, insects, fungi and plants that can harm food, people’s health or the environment
  18. (Pests) these affect crops and animals reducing yields, e.g. locusts.
  19. (pests) include native and exotic taxa and all life stages of insects, mites, and mollusks that impact the health of a plant, do damage to a plant, and/or impact products derived from the plant.
  20. Pests are generally describes as organisms that come into conflict with people in many ways.
  21. To dream of being worried over a pest of any nature, foretells that disturbing elements will prevail in your immediate future. To see others thus worried, denotes that you will be annoyed by some displeasing development.
  22. Any organism that reduces the availability, quality, or value of a useful resource.
  23. An insect, rodent, nematode, fungus, weed or other form of terrestrial or aquatic plant or animal life that is injurious to health or the environment.
  24. Any insect, mite, rodent, fungus, weed, or other organism capable of causing stunted growth, injury or death through disease, consumption of the plant or competition.
  25. An organism that people find bothersome. Mosquitos, ticks, dandelions, crabgrass, and yellow jackets are often called pests because they annoy people.