Main Entry: lo·cust

Pronunciation: \ˈlō-kəst\

Function: noun

Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French locuste, from Latin locusta

Date: 14th century

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