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- Dictionarylocust/ˈləʊkəst/
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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