Locust Definition
lōkəst
locusts
noun
locusts
Any of various large grasshoppers; specif., a migratory grasshopper often traveling in great swarms and causing extensive damage to vegetation.
Webster's New World
A cicada, especially a periodical cicada.
American Heritage
Webster's New World
A spiny tree (Robinia pseudoacacia) of the pea family, native to the E or central U.S. and having long, pendulous racemes of fragrant white flowers.
Webster's New World
The yellowish, hard, durable wood of this tree.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- cicada
- grasshopper
- locust-tree
- beetle
- migratory grasshopper
- dog-day-cicada
- short-horned grasshopper
Other Word Forms of Locust
Noun
Singular:
locustPlural:
locustsOrigin 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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From Old French langouste, from Latin locusta (“locust, crustacean, lobster").
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