| NOUN | animal | superbug | a strain of bacteria that is resistant to all antibiotics |
|---|---|---|---|
| animal | superbug, Bemisia tabaci, poinsettia strain | 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 |
| Meaning | A strain of bacteria that is resistant to all antibiotics. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | bacteria, bacterium | (microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission |
| Meaning | 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 | |
| Member of | Bemisia, genus Bemisia | sweet-potato whitefly |
| Broader | sweet-potato whitefly | A variety of whitefly |
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