locust beetle
noun
1A locust or cicada, or other insect thought to resemble one of these (now rare ).
2Any of several beetles associated with locust trees; especially (US ) an orange and black leaf beetle, Odontota dorsalis, the larvae of which are leafminers of the black locust, Robinia pseudoacacia.
Origin
Mid 18th century. Originally after post-classical Latin scarabaeus locusta or its model Dutch sprinkhaantorre.
- ring-stand
- ring staple
- ringster
- ring-stopper
- ring-straked
- ring-streaked
- ring system
- ringtail
- ringtail cat
- ring-tailed
- ring-tailed cat
- ring-tailed lemur
- ring-tailed marlin
- ring-tailed pigeon
- ring-tailed possum
- ringtail opossum
- ring taw
- ring the changes
- ring theory
- ring time
- ringtone
- ringtoss
- ring vaccination
- ring velvet
- ring vortex