PestWordNet Explorer

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noun

a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

noun

any of various small animals or insects that are pests; e.g. cockroaches or rats

noun

a persistently annoying person

Words in this synset: blighter, cuss, pesterer, gadfly

noun

someone who torments

noun

(Yiddish) someone who is a boring pest

noun

any epidemic disease with a high death rate

Words in this synset: plague, pestilence

noun

any infectious disease that develops and spreads rapidly to many people

noun

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

Words in this synset: plague, pestilence, pestis