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Locust

speaker

Meaning

Noun

In Crickets and grasshoppers:
Any of the
, often
and usually
, in the family Acrididae that are very
to
and other
, (especially) the
(Locusta migratoria).
A
or
of the
tree.
In Legumes:
Any of various often
and
, especially of the
Robinia and Gleditsia; the
tree.
In Cicadas:
A cicada.
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In Hong Kong English:
A Mainlander.

Verb

To
a swarm.

Name

A surname.
Sourced from
Wiktionary

Origin

locust
English
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langouste
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
arrow
locusta
Latin
Sourced from
Etym
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