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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.
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.
Locusts are the swarming phase of certain species of short-horned grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. These insects are usually solitary, but under certain circumstances become more abundant and change their behaviour and habits, becoming gregarious. [2] [3] [4] Desert locusts in copulation.
locust, (family Acrididae), any of a group of insects (order Orthoptera) that are distributed worldwide, the common name of which generally refers to the group of short-horned grasshoppers that often increase greatly in numbers and migrate long distances in destructive swarms.
4 meanings: 1. any of numerous orthopterous insects of the genera Locusta, Melanoplus, etc, such as L. migratoria, of warm and.... Click for more definitions.
LOCUST meaning: 1. a large insect found in hot areas that flies in large groups and destroys plants and crops: 2…. Learn more.
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.
Definition of locust noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Locust definition: Any of various short-horned grasshoppers that sometimes migrate in immense swarms, devouring vegetation and crops.
