desert locust


desert locust

noun

Definition of DESERT LOCUST

: a destructive migratory locust (Schistocerca gregaria) of southwestern Asia and parts of northern Africa

First Known Use of DESERT LOCUST

1944

Rhymes with DESERT LOCUST

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