Pests Meaning

There are 4 meaning(s) for word Pests

Meaning 1 : any epidemic disease with a high death rate

    Synonyms : pestilence,  plague
Meaning 2 : a persistently annoying person

    Synonyms : blighter,  cuss,  gadfly,  pesterer
Meaning 3 : 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

    Synonyms : pestilence,  pestis,  plague
Meaning 4 : any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc.

    Example : he sprayed the garden to get rid of pests,many pests have developed resistance to the common pesticides

How to Pronounce Pests

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