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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Control of a usually nonindigenous pest by introducing an organism that is a predator, parasite, or pathogen of the pest species in its native environment.
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- noun control of pests using natural predators, parasites, pathogens, or other organism(s) that harm the pest species
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