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living organism detrimental to humans or human concerns
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pest

Summary

pest ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,001 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • pest is a type of organism[2].
  • pest is the opposite of beneficial organism[3].
  • pest's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pests (organism)[4].
  • pest's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[5].
  • pest's partially coincident with is recorded as bug[6].
  • pest's handled, mitigated, or managed by is recorded as pest control[7].

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Definition and Type

pest is a type of organism[2]. pest is the opposite of beneficial organism[3].

Why It Matters

pest ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,001 views/month).[1] pest has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] pest is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . epa.gov. epa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Partially coincident with → bug
    Opposite of → beneficial organism
    Handled, mitigated, or managed by → pest control
    Aliases → —
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 13215, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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