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locust /lōˈkəst/ noun- A name for several kinds of migratory winged insects of the family Acrididiae, related to grasshoppers, highly destructive to vegetation
- Extended to various similar insects
- A devourer or devastator (figurative)
- A locust bean
- A locust tree
intransitive verb (rare)To lay waste like locusts ORIGIN: L locusta lobster, locust; cf lobster locustˈa noun (pl locustˈae /-ē/) - A grass spikelet
- (with cap) a genus of grasshoppers of the family Locustˈidae (not usu classed as locusts)
locust bean noun The carob bean locust bird noun Any of several pratincoles that feed on locusts locust tree noun - The carob
- The false acacia (Robinia pseudo-acacia) or its wood
- A large West Indian tree (Hymenaea courbaril) of the Caesalpinia family, with buttress roots, valuable wood, and bark exuding resin
loˈcust-years plural noun Years of poverty and hardship (used by Winston Churchill, after an expression in the Old Testament, Joel 2.25) |