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.