noun
1. the state of being invaded or overrun by parasites
• Derivationally related forms: ↑infest
• Hypernyms: ↑fullness
• Hyponyms:
↑fascioliasis, ↑fasciolosis, ↑fasciolopsiasis, ↑Guinea worm disease, ↑Guinea worm, ↑dracunculiasis, ↑enterobiasis, ↑schistosomiasis, ↑bilharzia, ↑bilharziasis, ↑trichinosis, ↑trichiniasis, ↑myositis trichinosa, ↑acariasis, ↑acariosis, ↑acaridiasis, ↑ascariasis, ↑coccidiosis, ↑echinococcosis, ↑hydatid disease, ↑hydatidosis, ↑helminthiasis, ↑myiasis, ↑onchocerciasis, ↑river blindness, ↑opisthorchiasis, ↑pediculosis, ↑lousiness, ↑trombiculiasis, ↑trichuriasis
2. a swarm of insects that attack plants
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a plague of grasshoppers
• Syn: ↑plague
Useful english dictionary. 2012.