infestation

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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,
myiasis, river blindness, opisthorchiasis, pediculosis, lousiness,
trombiculiasis, trichuriasis
2. a swarm of insects that attack plants
- a plague of grasshoppers
• Syn:
plague
• Derivationally related forms:
plague (for: plague), infest
• Hypernyms:
swarm, cloud