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SUPERBUG
superbug, Bemisia tabaci, poinsettia strain
(noun) 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
superbug
(noun) a strain of bacteria that is resistant to all antibiotics
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
superbug (plural superbugs)
(informal) A strain of bacteria that is resistant to many antibiotics.
(informal) Any pathogen resistant to many, even all, of the biocides or other agents used to treat similar pathogens.
(US) An invasive insect, Bemisia tabaci, that is a major pest of vegetable crops, both directly and as a virus vector.
Synonyms
• (bacteria resistant to many antibiotics): MDR
• (Bemisia tabaci): silverleaf whitefly
Source: Wiktionary
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