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superbug

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: superbug

1
 n
a strain of bacteria that is resistant to all antibiotics
2
 n
a strain of pest accidentally imported into Florida from the Middle East then spread to California where it is a very serious pest feeding on almost all vegetable crops and poinsettias
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: superbug
1

n a strain of bacteria that is resistant to all antibiotics

Type of:
bacteria, bacterium
(microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants
2

n a strain of pest accidentally imported into Florida from the Middle East then spread to California where it is a very serious pest feeding on almost all vegetable crops and poinsettias

Synonyms:
Bemisia tabaci, poinsettia strain
Type of:
sweet-potato whitefly
a variety of whitefly
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