A notorious pest (3)

I believe the answer is:

rat

(Other definitions for rat that I've seen before include "Rodent pest" , "Treacherous rodent" , "Desert - rodent" , "one not going down with ship" , "Despicable person" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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