- 1. n. 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. Source: opted
- 2. n. The locust tree. See Locust Tree (definition, note, and phrases). Source: opted
- 3. n. migratory grasshoppers of warm regions having short antennae Source: wordnet
- 4. n. hardwood from any of various locust trees Source: wordnet
- 5. n. any of various hardwood trees of the family Leguminosae Source: wordnet
- 6. 1. (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of long-winged, migratory, orthopterous insects, of the family Acrididæ, allied to the grasshoppers; esp., (Edipoda, or 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. Note: These insects are at times so numerous in Africa and the south of Asia as to devour every green thing; and when they migrate, they fly in an immense cloud. In the United States the harvest flies are improperly called locusts. See Cicada. Locust beetle (Zoöl.), a longicorn beetle (Cyllene robiniæ), which, in the larval state, bores holes in the wood of the locust tree. Its color is brownish black, barred with yellow. Called also locust borer. -- Locust bird (Zoöl.) the rose-colored starling or pastor of India. See Pastor. -- Locust hunter (Zoöl.), an African bird; the beefeater. 2. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.] (Bot.) The locust tree. See Locust Tree (definition, note, and phrases). Locust bean (Bot.), a commercial name for the sweet pod of the carob tree. Source: webster
- 7. Any one of numerous species of long-winged, migratory,orthopterous insects, of the family Acrididæ, allied to thegrasshoppers; esp., (Edipoda, or Pachytylus, migratoria, and Acridiumperigrinum, of Southern Europe, Asia, and Africa. In the UnitedStates the related species with similar habits are usually calledgrasshoppers. See Grasshopper. Source: adambom
- 8. n:100 n. migratory grasshoppers of warm regions having short antennae n. hardwood from any of various locust trees Source: ecdict
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