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Superbug Moderate

Origin: Latin prefix super-

Superbug has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a strain of bacteria that is resistant to all antibiotics

2

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

3

A strain of bacteria that is resistant to many antibiotics.

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bacteria sweet-potato whitefly
Rhyming Words
bug debug humbug maybug sowbug mudbug redbug bedbug sea bug web bug pillbug billbug bed bug antibug lovebug ladybug spitbug firebug junebug bohrbug
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