locust

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/ˈləʊ.kəst/ English

Definitions

noun

Any of the grasshoppers, often polyphenic and usually swarming, in the family Acrididae that are very destructive to crops and other vegetation, (especially) the migratory locust (Locusta migratoria).
A fruit or pod of the carob tree.
Any of various often leguminous trees and shrubs, especially of the genera Robinia and Gleditsia; the locust tree.
A cicada.

verb

To come in a swarm.

Related words

Synonyms

locust tree cicada katydid grasshopper crayfish lobster augustin funds fund hopper acridid acridivore orthoptera locustelle yellow locust acridology

Associated

lambent robinia swarming cog gregarious grove infestation horde swarm gum bean

Rhymes

focused unfocused focussed refocused joe kissed

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