Definitions for: Locust


[n] migratory grasshoppers of warm regions having short antennae
[n] any of various hard-wooded trees of the family Leguminosae
[n] hardwood from any of various locust trees



Webster (1913) Definition: Lo"cust, n. [L. locusta locust, grasshopper. Cf.
Lobster.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of long-winged,
migratory, orthopterous insects, of the family
Acridid[ae], 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 (Zo["o]l.), a longicorn beetle ({Cyllene
robini[ae]}), 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 (Zo["o]l.) the rose-colored starling or pastor
of India. See Pastor.

Locust hunter (Zo["o]l.), 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.

Synonyms: locust tree

See Also: acridid, black locust, clammy locust, courbaril, Fabaceae, family Fabaceae, family Leguminosae, Gleditsia aquatica, Gleditsia triacanthos, honey locust, Hymenaea courbaril, legume family, Leguminosae, locust, Locusta migratoria, migratory grasshopper, migratory locust, pea family, Robinia pseudoacacia, Robinia viscosa, short-horned grasshopper, swamp locust, tree, water locust, wood, yellow locust

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