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1. (n.) locust
any of various cicadas, as the seventeen-year locust.
2. locust
any North American tree of the genus Robinia, of the legume family, esp. R. pseudoacacia, having pinnate leaves and clusters of fragrant white flowers.
3. locust
the durable wood of this tree.
4. locust
any of various other trees, as the carob and the honey locust.
Etymology: (1840–50)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) locust
migratory grasshoppers of warm regions having short antennae
2. (noun) locust
hardwood from any of various locust trees
3. (noun) locust tree, locust
any of various hardwood trees of the family Leguminosae
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) locust
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
2. (noun) locust
the locust tree. See Locust Tree (definition, note, and phrases)
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Sense: 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.
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 Afrikaans: sprinkaan |
 Arabic: جَرادَه، جَراد |
 Bulgarian: скакалец |
 Brazilian: gafanhoto |
 Czech: kobylka |
 German: die Heuschrecke |
 Danish: græshoppe |
 Greek: ακρίδα |
 Spanish: langosta |
 Estonian: rändrohutirts |
 Farsi: ملخ |
 Finnish: kulkusirkka |
 French: sauterelle |
 Hebrew: אַרבֶּה |
 Hindi: टिड्डी |
 Croatian: skakavac |
 Hungarian: sáska |
 Indonesian: belalang |
 Icelandic: engispretta |
 Italian: locusta |
 Japanese: ばった |
 Korean: 메뚜기 |
 Lithuanian: skėrys |
 Latvian: sisenis |
 Malay: belalang juta |
 Dutch: sprinkhaan |
 Norwegian: gresshoppe |
 Polish: szarańcza |
 Persian: ملخ |
 Pashto: ملخ |
 Portuguese: gafanhoto |
 Romanian: lăcustă |
 Russian: саранча |
 Slovak: kobylka |
 Slovenian: kobilica |
 Serbian: skakavac |
 Swedish: gräshoppa |
 Thai: ตั๊กแตนขนิดหนึ่งมีหนวดสั้ |
 Turkish: çekirge |
 Taiwanese: 蝗蟲 |
 Ukrainian: сарана |
 Urdu: ٹڈی |
 Vietnamese: châu chấu |
 Chinese: 蝗虫 |
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