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locust

52 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. locust (noun)
  2. locust bean (noun)
  3. locust bean gum (noun)
  4. locust bean gum powder (noun)
  5. locust bird (noun)
  6. locust borer (noun)
  7. locust eater (noun)
  8. locust leaf miner (noun)
  9. locust lobster (noun)
  10. locust plant (noun)
  11. locust pod (noun)
  12. locust shrimp (noun)
  13. locust tree (noun)
  14. African locust (noun)
  15. Australian plague locust (noun)
  16. bald locust (noun)
  17. bassra locust (noun)
  18. bastard locust (noun)
  19. black locust (noun)
  20. bristly locust (noun)
  21. cave locust (noun)
  22. clammy locust (noun)
  23. desert locust (noun)
  24. grouse locust (noun)
  25. honey locust (noun)
  26. hoofed locust (noun)
  27. Kelsey locust (noun)
  28. little locust bird (noun)
  29. migratory locust (noun)
  30. mock locust (noun)

lo·cust

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
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Origin of LOCUST

Middle English, from Anglo-French locuste, from Latin locusta
First Known Use: 14th century

Other Insect Terms

drone, entomology, gadfly, pismire, proboscis, vespine

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