pest : Idioms & Phrases

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fowl pest

  • noun either of two acute viral diseases of domestic fowl; characterized by refusal to eat and high temperature and discoloration of the comb
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Museum beetle, Museum pest

  • . (Zoöl.) See Anthrenus.
Webster 1913

Perch pest

  • a small crustacean, parasitic in the mouth of the perch.
Webster 1913

Sheep pest

  • (Bot.), an Australian plant (Acæna ovina) related to the burnet. The fruit is covered with barbed spines, by which it adheres to the wool of sheep.
Webster 1913

tin pest

  • noun the transformation of ordinary white tin into powdery grey tin at very cold temperatures
    tin plague; tin disease.
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