1) Acacia 2) Cicada 3) Courbaril 4) Katydid
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1) Acridid 2) Biblical insect 3) Biblical plague member 4) Carob 5) Creature confused by clouts 6) Crop pest 7) Cult so affected by insect 8) Cult so affected by pest 9) Destructive grasshopper 10) Destructive insect 11) Egyptian plague insect 12) Exodus insect 13) Field pest 14) French word used in English
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Locusts are the swarming phase of certain species of short-horned grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. These are species that can breed rapidly under suitable conditions and subsequently become gregarious and migratory when their populations become dense enough. They form bands as nymphs and swarms as adults. Both the bands and the swarms are nom...
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[car] Locust is a kit car inspired by the Lotus 7. The Locust Seven differs from most other Lotus / kit cars in that it does not use a space frame chassis, but a ladder frame and a body constructed from three 8ft by 4ft sheets of 3/4` thick exterior grade or marine plywood alternatively MDF sheets. Once complete, the body tub is skinned wit...
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[finance] Locust is a pejorative term derived from the German word Heuschrecke, which German politician Franz Müntefering (from the social democratic SPD party) created in the context of describing private investors, private equity funds and investment banks. The term has been popularized and is continually used in discussions critical to ...
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• (n.) The locust tree. See Locust Tree (definition, note, and phrases). • (n.) 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 ...
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any of a group of insects (order Orthoptera) that are distributed worldwide, the common name of which generally refers to the group of short-horned ... [12 related articles]
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in botany, any tree of the genus Robinia within the pea family (Fabaceae). About 20 species are known, all occurring in eastern North America and ...
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1. <zoology> Any one of numerous species of long-winged, migratory, orthopterous insects, of the family Acrididae, allied to the grasshoppers; especially, (Edipoda, or Pachytylus, migratoria, and Acridium perigrinum, of Southern Europe, Asia, and Africa. In the United States the related species with similar habits are usually called grasshopp...
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Lo'cust noun [ Latin
locusta locust, grasshopper. Confer
Lobster .]
1. (Zoology) Any one of numerous species of long-winged, migratory, orthopterous insects, of the family
Acrididæ , allied to the grasshoppers; esp., (
Edipoda, or Pachytylus, migratoria , and ...
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Locust is the name of several insects of the order Orthoptera, of which the genus Locusta is a type, allied to the grasshoppers and crickets. Their hind-legs are large and powerful, which gives them a great power of leaping. Their mandibles and maxillae are strong, sharp, and jagged, and their food consists of the leaves and green stalks of plants....
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HMS Locust was a British River Gunboat of 585 tons displacement launched in 1940. HMS Locust was powered by Parsons geared turbines providing a top speed of 17 knots. She carried a complement of 74 and was armed with two 4-inch anti-aircraft guns; one 3.7 inch howitzer and eight machine-guns.
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Locust is British slang for someone who will eat anything.
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n] - hardwood from any of various locust trees 2. [n] - migratory grasshoppers of warm regions having short antennae
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the migratory phase of some large grasshoppers. Locusts are known for their swarming behaviour.
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light tank used by airborne forces [US]
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noun migratory grasshoppers of warm regions having short antennae
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Swarming grasshopper with short feelers, or antennae, and hearing organs on the abdomen (rear segment of the body). As winged adults, flying in swarms, locusts may be carried by the wind hundreds of miles from their breeding grounds; on landing they devour all vegetation. Locusts occur in nearly every continent. (Family Acrididae, order Orthopt...
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Also calledany of several grasshoppers of the family Acrididae, having short antennae and commonly migrating in swarms that strip the vegetation from large areas. · any of various cicadas, as the seventeen-year locust. · any of several North American trees belonging to the genus Robinia, of the legume family, esp. R. pseudoacacia, havi...
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