pest

Noun
  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 (synset 114162173)
    is a type of: epidemic disease - any infectious disease that develops and spreads rapidly to many people
    subtypes:
    • bubonic plague, glandular plague, pestis bubonica - the most common form of the plague in humans; characterized by chills, prostration, delirium and the formation of buboes in the armpits and groin; does not spread from person to person
    • plague pneumonia, pneumonic plague, pulmonic plague - a rapidly progressive and frequently fatal form of the plague that can spread through the air from person to person; characterized by lung involvement with chill, bloody expectoration and high fever
    • septicemic plague - an especially dangerous and generally fatal form of the plague in which infecting organisms invade the bloodstream; does not spread from person to person
    same as: pestilence, pestis, plague
  2. Any epidemic disease with a high death rate (synset 114099961)
    is a type of: epidemic disease - any infectious disease that develops and spreads rapidly to many people
    same as: pestilence, plague
  3. A persistently annoying person (synset 110439375)
    is a type of: persecutor, tormenter, tormentor - someone who torments
    subtypes: nudnick, nudnik - (Yiddish) someone who is a boring pest
    same as: blighter, cuss, gadfly, pesterer
  4. Any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc. (synset 101316879)
    "he sprayed the garden to get rid of pests"; "many pests have developed resistance to the common pesticides"
    is a type of: animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna - a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
    subtypes: vermin - any of various small animals or insects that are pests; e.g. cockroaches or rats

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