pestnoun [ C ]
uk/pest/us/pest/an insect or small animal that is harmful or damages crops:
common pests such as rats, mice, or cockroaches
informal an annoying person, especially a child:
Put that back, you little pest!
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General & informal words for animals
- arthropod
- beast
- beastie
- brute
- bug
- creepy-crawly
- critter
- domestic animal
- invertebrate
- man-eater
- pet
- predator
- prey
- stray
- thing
- vermin
- vertebrata
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