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LOCUSTS
Noun
locusts
plural of locust
Verb
locusts
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of locust
Source: Wiktionary
LOCUST
Lo"cust, n. Etym: [L. locusta locust, grasshopper. Cf. Lobster.]
1. (Zoƶl.)
Definition: Any one of numerous species of long-winged, migratory, orthopterous insects, of the family AcrididƦ, 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 (Zoƶl.), a longicorn beetle (Cyllene robiniƦ), 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 (Zoƶl.) the rose-colored starling or pastor of India. See Pastor.
– Locust hunter (Zoƶl.), an African bird; the beefeater.
2. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.] (Bot.)
Definition: The locust tree. See Locust Tree (definition, note, and phrases). Locust bean (Bot.), a commercial name for the sweet pod of the carob tree.
LOCUST
Lo"cust, n. Etym: [L. locusta locust, grasshopper. Cf. Lobster.]
1. (Zoƶl.)
Definition: Any one of numerous species of long-winged, migratory, orthopterous insects, of the family AcrididƦ, 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 (Zoƶl.), a longicorn beetle (Cyllene robiniƦ), 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 (Zoƶl.) the rose-colored starling or pastor of India. See Pastor.
– Locust hunter (Zoƶl.), an African bird; the beefeater.
2. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.] (Bot.)
Definition: 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’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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