What is the meaning of superbug?

noun

  • A strain of bacteria that is resistant to all antibiotics.
  • 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.
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