English noun: superbug | |||
1. | superbug (animal) a strain of bacteria that is resistant to all antibiotics | ||
Broader (hypernym) | bacteria, bacterium | ||
2. | superbug (animal) 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 | ||
Broader (hypernym) | sweet-potato whitefly | ||
Member meronym | Bemisia, genus Bemisia | ||