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Then 4–1, the commissioners voted to go forward with a test of genetically modified males as pest control devices.
Genetically modified mosquitoes have been OK’d for a first U.S. test flight|Susan Milius|August 22, 2020|Science News
He wondered if it was the consequence of decades of the dingoes’ status as a livestock pest.
Culling dingoes with poison may be making them bigger|Jake Buehler|August 19, 2020|Science News
They also sent surveys out to pest control companies around the world.
The ‘ratpocalypse’ isn’t nigh, according to service call data|Bethany Brookshire|July 14, 2020|Science News
When food disappears, or pest control comes, rat populations fall.
Why you’re spotting more wildlife during COVID-19|Bethany Brookshire|June 8, 2020|Science News For Students

That can keep pests in check and limit damage, without unintended harm to pollinators.
Pesticides can have long-term impact on bumblebee learning|Alison Pearce Stevens|May 18, 2020|Science News For Students
Bassett sounded off on the importance of eradicating problem pest areas.
Crowdsourcing NYC’s War on Rats|Kevin Zawacki|June 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Scotts Miracle Gro made a pest resistant Kentucky bluegrass in 2011 using the same technology.
Plants That Glow in the Dark Spark Heated Debate|Josh Dzieza|August 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST
"Earworm" has been around for quite some time to refer to a pest that burrows into the ears of corn.
New Words Added to Merriam-Webster Dictionary: ‘Man Cave,’ ‘Sexting,’ and More|Kory L. Stamper|August 14, 2012|DAILY BEAST
With one swift ninja movement, Obama swatted the pest with ease, leaving it lifeless on the ground.
Obama’s 11 Most Badass Moments (Videos)|Brittany Jones-Cooper|April 25, 2012|DAILY BEAST
And, for a year or so after they first met, he was an incorrigible pest.
Gloria Cain: Sex Accusations Make No Sense in 'Old School' Marriage|Michelle Cottle|November 15, 2011|DAILY BEAST
What has happened between you and the communiers, whom may the pest carry off and hell confound!
The Pilgrim's Shell or Fergan the Quarryman|Eugne Sue
It is an animal not less mischievous than it is deformed; it is the pest of man, and the torment of other animals.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume VII (of 10)|Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon
All weapons seemed lawful against such a mere pest as this—a dog in the manger.
It Is Never Too Late to Mend|Charles Reade
They do not live in fixed abodes, but shift about in search of game or plunder, and are deemed a pest by the Santa Fe traders.
The Indian in his Wigwam|Henry R. Schoolcraft
That Arabic word, picked up at hazard from the dragoman, has acted like a talisman—the pest has actually gone!
Round the Wonderful World|G. E. Mitton

British Dictionary definitions for pest

pest

/ (pɛst) /

noun

a person or thing that annoys, esp by imposing itself when it is not wanted; nuisance

any organism that damages crops, injures or irritates livestock or man, or reduces the fertility of land
(as modifier)pest control

rare an epidemic disease or pestilence

Word Origin for pest

C16: from Latin pestis plague, of obscure origin

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Medical definitions for pest

pest

[ pĕst ]

An injurious plant or animal, especially one harmful to humans.

A deadly epidemic disease; a pestilence.

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