Locust definition
An example of a locust is the plague told about in Exodus 10:1-20 in the New International Version of the Bible.
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Noun
Origin of locust
- Middle English from Old French locuste from Latin locusta Sense 3a, probably from the resemblance of a carob pod to a grasshopper and the use of both as subsistence food in drier regions of the Near East
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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