pestiferous

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Some experts believe other bugs and animals — including those considered pestiferous, like rats — are thriving from secondary impacts of all that H20, like increased vegetation.

From Los Angeles Times

William of Newburgh, a medieval English historian, recorded one account of a town devastated by such a monster, who was accused of filling “every house with disease and death by its pestiferous breath.”

From New York Times

When seedlings popped, I put collars around them to protect against pestiferous birds.

From Los Angeles Times

The program currently envisions three types of pestiferous insects as allies: aphids, leafhoppers and whiteflies.

From Washington Post

The program envisions three types of pestiferous insects as allies: aphids, leafhoppers and whiteflies.

From Seattle Times