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noun
- 1. a large, mainly tropical grasshopper with strong powers of flight. It is usually solitary, but from time to time there is a population explosion and it migrates in vast swarms which cause extensive damage to vegetation.
- 2. the large edible pod of some plants of the pea family, in particular the carob bean, which is said to resemble a locust.
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LOCUST definition: 1. a large insect found in hot areas that flies in large groups and destroys plants and crops: 2…. Learn more.
The meaning of LOCUST is short-horned grasshopper; especially : a migratory grasshopper often traveling in vast swarms and stripping the areas passed of all vegetation. How to use locust in a sentence.
Locusts (derived from the Latin locusta, locust or lobster [1]) are various species of short-horned grasshoppers in the family Acrididae that have a swarming phase. These insects are usually solitary, but under certain circumstances they become more abundant and change their behaviour and habits, becoming gregarious.
Locust definition: any of several grasshoppers of the family Acrididae, having short antennae and commonly migrating in swarms that strip the vegetation from large areas.. See examples of LOCUST used in a sentence.
noun. 1. any of various large grasshoppers; specif., a migratory grasshopper often traveling in great swarms and destroying nearly all vegetation in areas visited. 2. seventeen-year locust.
A locust is a type of grasshopper that goes through a phase of its life when it joins an enormous group of locusts. A swarm of locusts can devastate farm crops and affect food supplies.
LOCUST meaning: 1. a large insect found in hot areas that flies in large groups and destroys plants and crops: 2…. Learn more.
1. Any of various short-horned grasshoppers that sometimes migrate in immense swarms, devouring vegetation and crops. 2. A cicada, especially a periodical cicada. 3. a. Any of several trees of the pea family bearing long pods, especially the black locust, honey locust, and carob. b. The wood of any of these trees.
Definition of locust noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
locust meaning, definition, what is locust: an insect that lives mainly in Asia and ...: Learn more.
