1. pest - Noun
2. Pest - Proper noun
A fatal epidemic disease; a pestilence; specif., the plague.
Anything which resembles a pest; one who, or that which, is troublesome, noxious, mischievous, or destructive; a nuisance.
Source: Webster's dictionaryhe sprayed the garden to get rid of pests Source: Internet
many pests have developed resistance to the common pesticides Source: Internet
Alan Laptew, a PC for West Yorkshire police who worked on the McCann cased and the subsequent Ripper murders, called the mother-of-four a 'pest' Source: Internet
Another important crop pest is bean golden mosaic virus, which emerged in the 1970s, when Brazil was one of the world’s leading producers of beans but had to import the commodity from Mexico owing to the severe losses caused by the disease. Source: Internet
Among its functions are the maintenance of lists of plant pests, tracking of pest outbreaks, and coordination of technical assistance between member nations. Source: Internet
Although large boar populations can play an important role in limiting forest growth, they are also useful in keeping pest populations such as June bugs under control. Source: Internet