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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024lo•cust /ˈloʊkəst/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Insectsa grasshopper having short antennae and commonly migrating in swarms that strip the vegetation from large areas.
- Insectsany of various cicadas, as the seventeen-year locust.
- Plant Biologya North American tree of the legume family, having clusters of fragrant white flowers.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024lo•cust (lō′kəst),USA pronunciation n. - InsectsAlso called acridid, short-horned grasshopper. any of several grasshoppers of the family Acrididae, having short antennae and commonly migrating in swarms that strip the vegetation from large areas.
- Insectsany of various cicadas, as the seventeen-year locust.
- Plant Biologyany of several North American trees belonging to the genus Robinia, of the legume family, esp. R. pseudoacacia, having pinnate leaves and clusters of fragrant white flowers.
- the durable wood of this tree.
- Plant Biologyany of various other trees, as the carob and the honey locust.
- Latin locusta grasshopper
- Middle English 1150–1200
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