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Pesting

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gadflynounA person or thing that irritates or instigates.
blighternoun(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, often disrespectful) A person, usually male, especially one who behaves in an objectionable or pitiable manner.
cussnoun(chiefly US, colloquial) To use cursing, to use bad language, to speak profanely.
pesterernouna persistently annoying person
infestationnounThe presence of a large number of pest organisms in an area or field, on the surface of a host or anything that might contact a host, or in the soil.
plaguenoun(often used with the, sometimes capitalized: the Plague) The bubonic plague, the pestilent disease caused by the virulent bacterium Yersinia pestis.
fevernoun(medicine) A higher than normal body temperature of a person (or, generally, a mammal), usually caused by disease.
poisonnounA substance that is harmful or lethal to a living organism when ingested.
blightnoun(figurative) Something that impedes development or growth, or spoils any other aspect of life.
parasiticnounOf or pertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite.
parasitismnoun(ecology, biology) Interaction between two organisms, in which one organism (the parasite) benefits and the other (the host) is harmed.
organismnoun(biology) A discrete and complete living thing, such as animal, plant, fungus or microorganism.
phytosanitaryconcerning the health of plants; especially the freedom from pests requiring quarantine
pesticidenounAnything, especially a synthetic substance but also any substance (e.g. sulfur), or virus, bacterium, or other organism, which kills or suppresses the activities of pests.
larvanounAn early stage of growth for some insects and amphibians, in which after hatching from their egg, insects are wingless and resemble a caterpillar or grub, and amphibians lack limbs and resemble fish.
verminnounAny of various common types of small insects or other animals which cause harm and annoyance.
plantnoun(botany) An organism that is not an animal, especially an organism capable of photosynthesis. Typically a small or herbaceous organism of this kind, rather than a tree.
larvalOf or relating to larvae:
mitenounAny of many minute arachnids which, along with the ticks, comprise subclass Acarina (aka Acari).
mosquitonounA small flying insect of the family Culicidae, the females of which bite humans and animals and suck blood, leaving an itching bump on the skin, and sometimes carrying diseases like malaria, dengue and yellow fever.

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