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pest
1. Plague; pestilence.
2. Any harmful or annoying organism; especially, an infestive animal; such as, chicken pest and fowl pest, now known as "avian influenza".
2. Any harmful or annoying organism; especially, an infestive animal; such as, chicken pest and fowl pest, now known as "avian influenza".
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(Latin: plague, contagion)
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pest resurgence
The rapid numerical rebound of a pest population after use of a broad-spectrum pesticide, brought about usually by the destruction of natural enemies that were otherwise holding the pest in check.
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