a living organism characterized by voluntary movement | any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc. |
a living being | a persistently annoying person |
a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else | any epidemic disease with a high death rate |
| a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal |