Lexic.us

Definition of Locust

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

2. Noun. Hardwood from any of various locust trees.

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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