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   Pest

   /pest/

   

   noun

   • 1. a destructive insect or other animal that attacks crops, food, livestock, etc.: "the tomato plant attracts a pest called whitefly"
   • 2. an annoying person or thing; a nuisance: informal "he was a real pest"
   • 3. bubonic plague. archaic

   Word Origin late 15th century (denoting the bubonic plague): from French peste or Latin pestis ‘plague’.

   Scrabble Points: 6

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