Definition of Locst
Lo"cust (?), n. [L. locusta
locust, grasshopper. Cf. Lobster.] 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.
&fist; 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. [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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A type of grasshopper in the family Acrididae that flies in swarms and is very destructive to crops and other vegetation.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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