Locust
['ləʊkəst] or ['lokəst]
Definition
(noun.) migratory grasshoppers of warm regions having short antennae.
(noun.) hardwood from any of various locust trees.
Edited by Adela--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
(n.) The locust tree. See Locust Tree (definition, note, and phrases).
Typed by Chauncey
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [U. S., where this name is improperly applied to the harvest-fly.] Cicada, harvest-fly.
Checked by Conan
Definition
n. a migratory winged insect in shape like the grasshopper highly destructive to vegetation.—v.i. (rare) to lay waste like locusts.
Inputed by Cole
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of locusts, foretells discrepancies will be found in your business, for which you will worry and suffer. For a woman, this dream foretells she will bestow her affections upon ungenerous people.
Typist: Ruth
Examples
- Locusts are sometimes blown to great distances from the land. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Lyell that in November, 1844, swarms of locusts visited the island of Madeira. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
Editor: Maureen