Word Meaning

locust definition and meaning

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).

Crossword clues for locust

- Copper found in missing insect
- Grass eating pest
- Insect that eats crops
- Mistakenly clouts grasshopper
- Plague insect
- Short horned grasshopper