Locust

What do we mean by locust?

Any of various short-horned grasshoppers that sometimes migrate in immense swarms, devouring vegetation and crops. noun

A cicada, especially a periodical cicada. noun

Any of several trees of the pea family bearing long pods, especially the black locust, honey locust, and carob. noun

The wood of any of these trees. noun

To devour and lay waste like locusts; ravage.

One of the orthopterous saltatorial insects of the family Acridiiæ, popularly known as grasshoppers, and more correctly called short-horned grasshoppers. noun

An orthopterous saltatorial insect of the genus Locusta, family Locustidæ. noun

A homopterous insect of the genus Cicada, family Cicadidæ, such as the harvest-fly, Cicada tibicon, and the seventeen-year locust, or periodical cicada, Cicada septendecim. See cut under Cicadidæ. noun

A cockchafer; a beetle. noun

A well-known tree of the United States, Robinia Pseudacacia, with thorny branches, delicate pinnate leaves, and dense clusters of white heavily scented flowers. noun

The carob-tree, Ceratonia Siligua. See Ceratonia and carob. noun

The wood of the locust-tree. noun

A club or billy used by policemen: so called because commonly made of locust-wood. noun

Any one of numerous species of long-winged, migratory, orthopterous insects, of the family Acrididæ, allied to the grasshoppers; esp., (Edipoda migratoria, syn. 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. noun

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. noun

The rose-colored starling or pastor of India. See Pastor. noun

An African bird; the beefeater. noun

The locust tree. See Locust Tree (definition, note, and phrases). noun

A commercial name for the sweet pod of the carob tree. noun

Any of the grasshoppers, often polyphenic and usually swarming, in the family Acrididae that are very destructive to crops and other vegetation, (especially) the migratory locust (Locusta migratoria).

A fruit or pod of the carob tree.

Any of various often leguminous trees and shrubs, especially of the genera Robinia and Gleditsia; the locust tree.

A cicada.

A Mainlander.

Words that are spelled similarly to locust:
locust, locus.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word locust:
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Words that rhyme with locust:
focused, focussed, unfocused, refocused, joe kissed.

Adjectives that are often used to describe locust:
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Nouns that are often described by the adjective locust:
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Consonant match to locust:
lacoste, low-cost, low cost.

Words that sound like locust:
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