locust

Speech parts

1. locust - Noun

2. locust - Verb

3. Locust - Proper noun

Meaning

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.

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

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

grasshopper locust tree swarming grasshopper wolf hopper magnolia azalea blackthorn aspen banyan ash OAK birch beech alder
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Antonyms

content happy detached indifferent aloof impassive
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Hypernyms

animal wood acridid short-horned grasshopper

Hyponyms

courbaril black locust water locust honey locust Hymenaea courbaril Robinia pseudoacacia

Phrases with the word

swamp locust south american locust west indian locust honey locust seed sweet locust locust infestation

Anagrams

clouts

Examples

Everything delicate & beautiful, from Surrealism to Breakdancing, ends up as fodder for McDeath's ads; 15 minutes later, all the magic has been sucked out, & the art itself dead as a dried locust. Hakim Bey

They [the Middle East Anti Locust Unit] were the golden key that unlocked Arabia for me. To somebody who was interested in desert exploration the Empty Quarter offered the, sort of, ultimate challenge. Wilfred Thesiger

Nature makes the locust with an appetite for crops man would have made him with an appetite for sand. Mark Twain

However little food we have, we'll share it even if it's only one locust. Madagascan Proverb

A grilled locust is better than no soup. Zimbabwe Proverb

The bird hunting a locust is unaware of the hawk hunting him. Portuguese Proverb

Close letter words and terms

locus poenitentiae locus standi locus terribilis locust bean locust bean gum locust beans