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Rank | Letters | Answer | Clue | |
1 | 99% | 4 | Exact Match! | |
2 | 39% | 15 | Rat or cockroach infestations, e.g. | |
3 | 32% | 8 | Closely related to the rice rat and hispid cotton rat | |
Cockroach Or Rat Crossword Clue
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We think the answer is "PEST" which means:
- noun
- • A serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
- • Any epidemic disease with a high death rate
- • A persistently annoying person
- • Any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc.
An example sentence would be:
- • "The house was infested with pests like ants and cockroaches."
- • "I had to call an exterminator to get rid of the pest in my garden."
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