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locust
/ˈloʊ.kəst/
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What does locust mean?
noun
- Any of the grasshoppers, often polyphenic and usually swarming, in the family Acrididae that are very destructive to crops and other vegetation, especially migratory locusts (Locusta migratoria).
- Any of various often leguminous trees and shrubs, especially of the genera Robinia and Gleditsia; locust tree.
- A cicada.
More meanings (5)
verb
- To come in a swarm.
proper noun
- A surname.
noun
- (historical) A fruit or pod of a carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua).
- (derogatory, offensive) A mainlander.
- (obsolete, slang) A dose of laudanum.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈloʊ.kəst/
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There's a frog croaking underneath, a locust singing overhead and two little 'devil downheads' darting up and down the trunk.
How could the green locust lay brown eggs, or the privet caterpillar develop white and lilac-coloured lines on its green skin?
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The Locust in particular, the fiery Locust, who releases the spring of his long shanks at random, often falls into the trap.
The front yard was enclosed by a thorny locust hedge, and at the gate grew two silvery, moth-like trees of the mimosa family.
The foliage is finely cut, resembling small locust leaves, and adds to the beauty of the plant, the whole effect being exceedingly graceful.