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单词 locusta
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locusta

/ləʊˈkʌstə/
noun
1Originally: = locust. In later use: specifically any of the large, grasshopper-like orthopteran insects constituting the genus Locusta; specifically the migratory locust, L. migratorius. Also (in form Locusta): the genus itself.
  • The genus Locusta is now limited to a single species, the migratory locust (L. migratorius).Valid publication of the genus name: Linnaeus Systema Naturae (1758) I. 431, as Gryllus (Locusta)..
2A lobster, crayfish, or other crustacean. Compare locust. rare. Now historical.

Origin

Late Middle English; earliest use found in John Trevisa (c1342–?1402), translator. From classical Latin locusta locust.

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