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dangan [dá.ngan.] : parasite (n.); pest (n.)
Synonyms: parasito

Derivatives of dangan


Glosses:
parasite
n. (animal)1. parasitean animal or plant that lives in or on a host (another animal or plant); it obtains nourishment from the host without benefiting or killing the host.
~ organism, beinga living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently.
~ plant life, flora, plant(botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion.
~ endoparasite, endozoan, entoparasite, entozoan, entozoonany of various parasites that live in the internal organs of animals (especially intestinal worms).
~ ectoparasite, ectozoan, ectozoon, epizoan, epizoonany external parasitic organism (as fleas).
~ parasitic plantplant living on another plant and obtaining organic nutriment from it.
n. (person)2. leech, parasite, sponge, spongera follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage.
~ followera person who accepts the leadership of another.
pest
n. (state)1. pest, pestilence, pestis, plaguea 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.
~ epidemic diseaseany infectious disease that develops and spreads rapidly to many people.
~ bubonic plague, glandular plague, pestis bubonicathe most common form of the plague in humans; characterized by chills, prostration, delirium and the formation of buboes in the armpits and groin; does not spread from person to person.
~ plague pneumonia, pneumonic plague, pulmonic plaguea rapidly progressive and frequently fatal form of the plague that can spread through the air from person to person; characterized by lung involvement with chill, bloody expectoration and high fever.
~ septicemic plaguean especially dangerous and generally fatal form of the plague in which infecting organisms invade the bloodstream; does not spread from person to person.
n. (state)2. pest, pestilence, plagueany epidemic disease with a high death rate.
~ epidemic diseaseany infectious disease that develops and spreads rapidly to many people.
n. (person)3. blighter, cuss, gadfly, pest, pesterera persistently annoying person.
~ nudnick, nudnik(Yiddish) someone who is a boring pest.
~ persecutor, tormenter, tormentorsomeone who torments.
n. (animal)4. pestany unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc..; "he sprayed the garden to get rid of pests"; "many pests have developed resistance to the common pesticides"
~ animal, animate being, beast, creature, brute, faunaa living organism characterized by voluntary movement.
~ verminany of various small animals or insects that are pests; e.g. cockroaches or rats.; "cereals must be protected from mice and other vermin"; "he examined the child's head for vermin"; "boys in the village have probably been shooting vermin"