LOCUST in English dictionary

  • locust

    Meanings and definitions of "LOCUST"

    • A type of grasshopper in the family Acrididae that flies in swarms and is very destructive to crops and other vegetation.
    • noun
      Any of the grasshoppers, usually swarming, in the family Acrididae that are very destructive to crops and other vegetation.
    • noun
      A locust tree.
    • noun
      (Hong Kong, informal, derogatory)
      A person from the People's Republic of China, as opposed to someone from Hong Kong.
    • type of grasshopper
    • Migratory grasshoppers of the order Orthoptera of warm regions having short antennae.
    • locust (of family Catantopidae)
    • locust (of superfamily Acridoidea)
    • noun
      any of various hardwood trees of the family Leguminosae
    • noun
      hardwood from any of various locust trees
    • noun
      migratory grasshoppers of warm regions having short antennae

    Synonyms of "LOCUST" in English dictionary

    wood, short-horned grasshopper, tree are the top synonyms of "LOCUST" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of LOCUST

    • locust ( plural  locusts)
    • locust (plural locusts)
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