Definitions from Wiktionary (Locust)
▸ noun: Any of the grasshoppers, often polyphenic and usually swarming, in the family Acrididae that are very destructive to crops and other vegetation, (especially) migratory locusts (Locusta migratoria).
▸ noun: (now historical) A fruit or pod of a carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua).
▸ noun: Any of various often leguminous trees and shrubs, especially of the genera Robinia and Gleditsia; locust tree.
▸ noun: A cicada.
▸ noun: (Hong Kong, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) A Mainlander.
▸ noun: (UK, slang, obsolete) A dose of laudanum.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To come in a swarm.
▸ noun: A surname.
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▸ noun: Any of the grasshoppers, often polyphenic and usually swarming, in the family Acrididae that are very destructive to crops and other vegetation, (especially) migratory locusts (Locusta migratoria).
▸ noun: (now historical) A fruit or pod of a carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua).
▸ noun: Any of various often leguminous trees and shrubs, especially of the genera Robinia and Gleditsia; locust tree.
▸ noun: A cicada.
▸ noun: (Hong Kong, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) A Mainlander.
▸ noun: (UK, slang, obsolete) A dose of laudanum.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To come in a swarm.
▸ noun: A surname.
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locust tree,
hopper,
acridid,
acridivore,
orthoptera,
locustelle,
yellow locust,
acridology,
grasshopper warbler,
acridophagus,
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