Definition of locust Locust
/lowˈkʌst/ - [lowkust] - lo•cust
We found 12 definitions of locust from 7 different sources.
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NounPlural: locusts |
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| locust - migratory grasshoppers of warm regions having short antennae | ||
| acridid, short-horned grasshopper grasshopper with short antennae | ||
| locusta migratoria, migratory locust Old World locust that travels in vast swarms stripping large areas of vegetation | ||
| locust - hardwood from any of various locust trees | ||
| wood a golf club with a long shaft used to hit long shots; originally made with a wooden head; "metal woods are now standard" | ||
| locust - any of various hardwood trees of the family Leguminosae | ||
| locust tree | ||
| tree English actor and theatrical producer noted for his lavish productions of Shakespeare (1853-1917) | ||
| fabaceae, family fabaceae, family leguminosae, legume family, leguminosae, pea family a large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae | ||
| courbaril, hymenaea courbaril West Indian locust tree having pinnate leaves and panicles of large white or purplish flowers; yields very hard tough wood | ||
| locust migratory grasshoppers of warm regions having short antennae | ||
| gleditsia aquatica, swamp locust, water locust honey locust of swamps and bottomlands of southern United States having short oval pods; yields dark heavy wood | ||
| gleditsia triacanthos, honey locust tall usually spiny North American tree having small greenish-white flowers in drooping racemes followed by long twisting seed pods; yields very hard durable reddish-brown wood; introduced to temperate Old World | ||
| robinia pseudoacacia, yellow locust, black locust large thorny tree of eastern and central United States having pinnately compound leaves and drooping racemes of white flowers; widely naturalized in many varieties in temperate regions | ||
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Wiktionary 
- locust (Noun)
A type of grasshopper in the family Acrididae that flies in swarms and is very destructive to crops and other vegetation. - locust (Noun)
A locust tree .
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- locust (n.)
Any one of numerous species of long-winged, migratory, orthopterous insects, of the family Acrididae, allied to the grasshoppers; esp., (Edipoda, / Pachytylus, migratoria, and Acridium perigrinum, of Southern Europe, Asia, and Africa. In the United States the related species with similar habits are usually called grasshoppers. See Grasshopper. - locust (n.)
The locust tree. See Locust Tree (definition, note, and phrases).
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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locust
Migratory grasshoppers of the order Orthoptera of warm regions having short antennae.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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locust
lō′kust, n. a migratory winged insect, in shape like the grasshopper, highly destructive to vegetation.—v.i. (rare) to lay waste like locusts. [L. locusta.] -
locust
lō′kust, n. a tree with thorny branches and dense clusters of white, heavily-scented flowers, found in the U.S.: the carob-tree.—ns. Locus′ta, the spikelet of grasses:—pl. Locus′tæ; Lō′cust-bean, the sweet pod of the carob-tree
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Locust is a kind of grasshopper which forms swarms. Such swarms are usually made of very many locusts. They do a lot of damage to the places where they pass, by eating the crops.
In the Bible, locust swarms are described as a plague.
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🔤- locust, noun, singular of locusts.
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