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Webster 1913 Edition
Locust
1.
(Zool.)
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
. ☞ 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
(Zool.)
, 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
. Locust bird
(Zool.)
the rose-colored starling or pastor of India. See
– Pastor
. Locust hunter
(Zool.)
, 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Locust
LO'CUST
,Noun.
LO'CUST
,Noun.