Definitions for locustˈloʊ kəst
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
lo•custˈloʊ kəst(n.)
Category: Entomology
Ref: Also called short-horned grasshopper.
any of various cicadas, as the seventeen-year locust.
Category: Entomology
any North American tree of the genus Robinia, of the legume family, esp. R. pseudoacacia, having pinnate leaves and clusters of fragrant white flowers.
Category: Plants
the durable wood of this tree.
any of various other trees, as the carob and the honey locust.
Category: Plants
Origin of locust:
1150–1200; ME < L locusta grasshopper
lo′cust•like`(adj.)
Princeton's WordNet
locust(noun)
migratory grasshoppers of warm regions having short antennae
locust(noun)
hardwood from any of various locust trees
locust tree, locust(noun)
any of various hardwood trees of the family Leguminosae
Wiktionary
locust(Noun)
A type of grasshopper in the family Acrididae that flies in swarms and is very destructive to crops and other vegetation.
locust(Noun)
A locust tree.
Origin: From langouste, from locusta.
Webster Dictionary
Locust(noun)
any one of numerous species of long-winged, migratory, orthopterous insects, of the family Acrididae, allied to the grasshoppers; esp., (Edipoda, / 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
Locust(noun)
the locust tree. See Locust Tree (definition, note, and phrases)
Translations for locust
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
locust(noun)
a type of large insect of the grasshopper family, found in Africa and Asia, which moves in very large groups and destroys growing crops by eating them.
- sprinkaanAfrikaans

- جَرادَه، جَرادArabic

- скакалецBulgarian

- gafanhotoPortuguese (BR)

- kobylkaCzech

- die HeuschreckeGerman

- græshoppeDanish

- ακρίδαGreek

- langostaSpanish

- rändrohutirtsEstonian

- ملخFarsi

- kulkusirkkaFinnish

- sauterelleFrench

- אַרבֶּהHebrew

- टिड्डीHindi

- skakavacCroatian

- sáskaHungarian

- belalangIndonesian

- engisprettaIcelandic

- locustaItalian

- ばったJapanese

- 메뚜기Korean

- skėrysLithuanian

- sisenisLatvian

- belalang jutaMalay

- sprinkhaanDutch

- gresshoppeNorwegian

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- ملخPashto

- gafanhotoPortuguese

- lăcustăRomanian

- саранчаRussian

- kobylkaSlovak

- kobilicaSlovenian

- skakavacSerbian

- gräshoppaSwedish

- ตั๊กแตนขนิดหนึ่งมีหนวดสั้นThai

- çekirgeTurkish

- 蝗蟲Chinese (Trad.)

- саранаUkrainian

- ٹڈیUrdu

- châu chấuVietnamese

- 蝗虫Chinese (Simp.)

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