locust
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noun \ˈlō-kəst\Definition of LOCUST
1
: short-horned grasshopper; especially : a migratory grasshopper often traveling in vast swarms and stripping the areas passed of all vegetation
2
: cicada
3
a : any of various leguminous trees: as (1) : carob 1 (2) : black locust (3) : honey locust b : the wood of a locust tree
See Origin of LOCUST
Middle English, from Anglo-French locuste, from Latin locusta
First Known Use: 14th century
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