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pest
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noun
  1. An annoying, often destructive creature.
  2. A person who is annoying.
  3. (slang) Someone with poor social discipline who continually bothers disinterested women.
Stop being such a pest and leave that girl alone!
Pharaoh ant
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noun
  1. A species of ant, monomorium pharaonis, native to the United States but introduced elsewhere.
pismire
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noun
  1. (context, obsolete, _, except in dialects) An ant.
    • Late C14: He is as angry as a pissemyre, / ížogh í¾at he have al í¾at he kan desire " Geoffrey Chaucer, The Summoner's Tale
    • 1658: Much there is not of wonder in the confused Houses of Pismires, though much in their busie life and actions " Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 189)
    • 1993: We are scurrying emmets or pismires with our sad little comedies. " Anthony Burgess, A Dead Man in Deptford
pleura
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noun (plural pleurae)
  1. (anatomy) The smooth serous membrane which closely covers the lungs and the adjacent surfaces of the thorax; the pleural membrane.
pleural
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adjective
  1. of, relating to, or affecting the pleura, or the sides of the thoraxO
polygyny
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noun (polygynies)
  1. The state or practice of having several wife, wives at the same time; plurality of wives; marriage to several wives - H. Spenser
polypod
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noun
  1. (zoology) an animal with many feet
  2. (botany) any fern of the family Polypodiaceae
adjective
  1. (zoology) having many feet
  2. (zoology) of or pertaining to the Polypoda
praying mantis
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noun
  1. Any of various predatory insects of the family Mantidae that have a prayer-like stance.
propolis
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noun
  1. A glue-like substance produced from tree resin by honeybees.
pubic louse
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noun (pubic lice, sg=pubic louse)
  1. crab louse
punkie
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noun
  1. a small two-winged fly, of the family Ceratopogonidae, that bites and then sucks the blood of mammals; the biting midge
pupa
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noun (pl=pupae, pl2=pupas)
  1. an insect in its development stage between a larva and an adult.
pupate
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verb to pupate
  1. To become a pupa.
Purple
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proper noun
  1. (rare) a family name
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