pest-bearing
1Pestiferous — Pes*tif er*ous, a. [L. pestiferus, pestifer; pestis pest + ferre to bear: cf. F. pestif[ e]re.] 1. Pest bearing; pestilential; noxious to health; malignant; infectious; contagious; as, pestiferous bodies. Poor, pestiferous creatures begging alms …
2pestiferous — a. 1. Pestilential, infectious, contagious, pest bearing, infected, malignant, morbific. 2. Noxious, mischievous, venomous, malignant, vexatious, troublesome, malign, injurious, destructive …
3pestilential — a. 1. Infectious, contagious, catching, malignant, poisonous, pestilent. 2. Pestiferous, pest bearing. 3. Mischievous, destructive, ruinous, deadly, pernicious …
4Arthropod — Temporal range: 540–0 Ma …
5Life Sciences — ▪ 2009 Introduction Zoology In 2008 several zoological studies provided new insights into how species life history traits (such as the timing of reproduction or the length of life of adult individuals) are derived in part as responses to… …
6insect — insectival /in sek tuy veuhl/, adj. /in sekt/, n. 1. any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two… …
7Animal trapping — Trap nets used to trap birds (tacuinum sanitatis casanatensis); 14th century. Animal trapping, or simply trapping, is the use of a device to remotely catch an animal. Animals may be trapped for a variety of purposes, including food, wildlife… …
8Fungus — Fungi redirects here. You may be looking for Fungi (music) or Fungus (XM). Fungi Temporal range: Early Devonian–Recent (but see text) …
9Mole (animal) — This article is about mammals called moles . For other uses, see Mole (disambiguation). Moles Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia …
10hymenopteran — /huy meuh nop teuhr euhn/, adj. 1. hymenopterous. n. 2. Also, hymenopter. a hymenopterous insect. [1875 80; HYMENOPTER + AN] * * * ▪ insect Introduction any member of the third largest and perhaps the most beneficial to humans of all insect… …
