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Definition of Infesting
1. infest [v] - See also: infest
Lexicographical Neighbors of Infesting
Literary usage of Infesting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report by Oklahoma Adjutant-general's office (1859)
"INSECTS Infesting EVERGREEN FOREST TREES, The pines, firs and other evergreen
trees forming the natural order Conifera, constitute a very distinct group ..."
2. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1895)
"PLANT LICE Infesting GRASS ROOTS. HERBERT OSBORN AND FA SIRRINE. ... infesting roots
of annual grasses was identical with the "Dogwood plant louse" ..."
3. Biennial Report by Oregon Board of Horticulture (1921)
"While the names of these various insects infesting the strawberry roots may at
first appear confusing, the injury each does and the appearance of the larvae ..."
4. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Board of Horticulture (1882)
"By far the most injurious scale pest infesting our orchard trees and fruit is
the new species of Aspidiotus, which, so far as known, originated in San Jose, ..."
5. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1912)
"Small Infesting Fig. 49. Condition existing ten years after seeming rupture of
the transverse mesocolon. Same case as Fig. 48. The colon becomes heavier and ..."
6. Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal (1836)
"... infesting the muscles of the human body ; with some observations on a similar
animal found beneath the intestinal mucous membrane of the horse. ..."
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