pest
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1.0
- noun
- /pɛst/
:
plaga
- The gardener set up traps to catch any pests that were harming his plants.
- insect pests
- pest control
- pest management
If so, what do those pests look like?
- If so, what do those pests look like?
- Now the the common question is what pests are there outside for this plant?
- They are, they have been selected for flavor and for for pest resistance.
- I mean, why wouldn't you want to learn which plants you can plant that actually help deter pests on your crops?
- You're going to have probably birds as your number one pest.
- Because if you do that, if you just put out a lethal chemical, you're going to kill a bunch of the pests.
- We also found that people whose peers were assigned to the treatment group planted more cumin and reported lower loss of crop due to cotton pests.
- They can use chemicals and spikes to give the pests leaky gut syndrome.
- And and it there will be another pest that results from the use of that side.
Examples
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Each year, these pests cost farmers about $2 billion in losses and control costs.
Academic text (1999) -
The crop was maintained free from weeds, diseases, and pests by adopting appropriate plant protection measures.
Academic text (2015) -
But this is the way to pretty much prevent any pest from getting into your garden.
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Yeah, we have a bit of a pest problem at the moment.
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I have a pest problem.
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The kitchen is a mess and we are starting to have pests now.
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There are some pests over there that need our attention.
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And while we're on the subject, I think you have a serious pest problem in this building, Ivan.
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We're just exterminating some pests trying to destroy our crops.
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Farmers often struggle with pests that eat their crops and reduce yields.
Synonyms
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A small insect like an ant or beetle
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1.0
A small insect without wings that jumps and drinks the blood of animals like cats and dogs
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1.4
A common brown insect that lives in houses and eats food
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4.6
Small animals like rats or cockroaches that harm people, food and buildings
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4.1
A large grasshopper that forms huge swarms and eats crops
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6.3
A very small animal like a tiny spider that lives on animals, plants, or in food
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5.6
A small insect that sucks sap from plants and often damages them
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8.2
A small jumping insect that sucks sap from plants and can damage crops
A small beetle that eats bean leaves and damages crops
A small fly near water that bites people and animals painfully
Compounds
How Destructive
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pest for an animal or insect that harms crops comes from the idea of a 'plague' attacking plants and food. You can see the same root in pesticide, a word for things that kill these destructive creatures.