Definition of Locust

1. Noun. Migratory grasshoppers of warm regions having short antennae.


2. Noun. Hardwood from any of various locust trees.
Substance meronyms: Locust Tree
Generic synonyms: Wood

3. Noun. Any of various hardwood trees of the family Leguminosae.

Definition of Locust

1. n. Any one of numerous species of long-winged, migratory, orthopterous insects, of the family Acrididæ, allied to the grasshoppers; esp., (Edipoda, or 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.

Definition of Locust

1. a migratory grasshopper [n -S]

Medical Definition of Locust

1. 1. Any one of numerous species of long-winged, migratory, orthopterous insects, of the family Acrididae, allied to the grasshoppers; especially, (Edipoda, or 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. These insects are at times so numerous in Africa and the south of Asia as to devour every green thing; and when they migrate, they fly in an immense cloud. In the United States the harvest flies are improperly called locusts. See Cicada. Locust beetle, an African bird; the beefeater. 2. [Etymol. Uncertain. The locust tree. See Locust Tree (definition, note, and phrases). Locust bean, a commercial name for the sweet pod of the carob tree. Origin: L. Locusta locust, grasshopper. Cf. Lobster. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Locust

locules
loculi
loculicidal
loculicidal
loculous
loculus
loculus
locum
locums
locum tenant
locum tenens
locum tenens
locus
locus
locust (current term)
locust (current term)
locusta
Locusta
locustae
locustal
Locusta migratoria
locusted
locustella
locustic
Locustidae
locusting
locusts
locust bean
locust gum
locust pod

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