household pest

collocation in English

meaningsofhouseholdandpest

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household
noun[C, + sing/pl verb]
uk
/ˈhaʊs.həʊld/us
/ˈhaʊs.hoʊld/
a group of people, often a family, who ...
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pest
noun[C]
uk
/pest/us
/pest/
an insect or small animal that is harmful or ...
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(Definition ofhouseholdandpestfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This beetle can be a serioushouseholdpestand a pest in natural history museums, where it can damage biological specimens.
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Wool (but not cotton) is also a favoured food and the species can be ahouseholdpest.
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Males can be seen flying at night searching for females, and their attraction to light makes them a commonhouseholdpest.
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This beetle can become ahouseholdpestif it ends up near human habitation in old litter to be used as compost.
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It is among the commonesthouseholdpestinsects.
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It is a common species and can become ahouseholdpest, infesting and damaging thatched roofs, creating a continual shower of faecal pellets, and invading food and water supplies.
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It is a useful insecticide against household pests and my technical staff recommend it for use in food stores against the warehouse moth.
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Propoxur is a non-systemic insecticide with a fast knockdown and long residual effect used against turf, forestry, and household pests and fleas.
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Because of less human traffic, studies can be places for household pests to live, and this chapter talks about humans and pests.
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Its main use was as an insecticide and acaricide used to control insect pests on livestock and household pests such as flies, fleas, and mites.
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The larvae of these moths build protective silk cases and some are moderate household pests.
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Silverfish are considered household pests, due to their consumption and destruction of property.
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