Respiration is the process through which the cells of our body produce the energy that is required for performing many important tasks. Each cell of our body utilizes the food we eat by respiration to break down the glucose present in the food into usable energy.
pest - any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc.; he sprayed the garden to get rid of pests; many pests have developed resistance to the common pesticides.
Definition of plague. 1  an annoyance; those children are a damn plague. 2  any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God) 3  a swarm of insects that attack plants; a plague of grasshoppers. 4  any epidemic disease with a high death rate.