1. locust - Noun
2. locust - Verb
3. Locust - Proper noun
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 dictionaryEverything 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