locust

lo·cust  (lkst) n. 1. Any of numerous grasshoppers of the family Acrididae, often migrating in immense swarms that devour vegetation and crops. 2. The seventeen-year locust. 3. a. Any of several North American deciduous trees of the genus Robinia, especially R. pseudoacacia, having compound leaves, drooping clusters of fragrant white flowers, and durable hard wood. b. Any of several similar or related trees, such as the honey locust or the carob. c. The wood of one of these trees. [Middle English, from Old French locuste, from Latin locusta. Sense 3a, probably from the resemblance of its fruit to a locust.]

locust black locust Robinia pseudoacacia

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locust [ˈləʊkəst]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of numerous orthopterous insects of the genera Locusta, Melanoplus, etc., such as L. migratoria, of warm and tropical regions of the Old World, which travel in vast swarms, stripping large areas of vegetation See also grasshopper [1] Compare seventeen-year locust

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) Also called locust tree false acacia a North American leguminous tree, Robinia pseudoacacia, having prickly branches, hanging clusters of white fragrant flowers, and reddish-brown seed pods

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) the yellowish durable wood of this tree

4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of several similar trees, such as the honey locust and carob

[C13 (the insect): from Latin locusta locust; applied to the tree (C17) because the pods resemble locusts]

locust-like  adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	locust - migratory grasshoppers of warm regions having short antennae acridid, short-horned grasshopper - grasshopper with short antennae Locusta migratoria, migratory locust - Old World locust that travels in vast swarms stripping large areas of vegetation migratory grasshopper - serious pest of grain-growing and range areas of central and western United States
	2.	locust - hardwood from any of various locust trees locust tree, locust - any of various hardwood trees of the family Leguminosae wood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
	3.	locust - any of various hardwood trees of the family Leguminosae locust tree Fabaceae, family Fabaceae, family Leguminosae, legume family, Leguminosae, pea family - a large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae courbaril, Hymenaea courbaril - West Indian locust tree having pinnate leaves and panicles of large white or purplish flowers; yields very hard tough wood locust - hardwood from any of various locust trees Gleditsia aquatica, swamp locust, water locust - honey locust of swamps and bottomlands of southern United States having short oval pods; yields dark heavy wood Gleditsia triacanthos, honey locust - tall usually spiny North American tree having small greenish-white flowers in drooping racemes followed by long twisting seed pods; yields very hard durable reddish-brown wood; introduced to temperate Old World Robinia pseudoacacia, yellow locust, black locust - large thorny tree of eastern and central United States having pinnately compound leaves and drooping racemes of white flowers; widely naturalized in many varieties in temperate regions clammy locust, Robinia viscosa - small rough-barked locust of southeastern United States having racemes of pink flowers and glutinous branches and seeds tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms

Translations

locust [ˈləʊkəst]

A. N

1. (Zool) → langosta f

2. (Bot) → algarroba f

B. CPD locust tree N (= false acacia) → acacia f falsa; (= carob) → algarrobo m

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locust [ˈləʊkəst] n → locuste f, sauterelle f

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locust

n → Heuschrecke f

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locust [ˈləʊkəst] n → locusta, cavalletta

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locust [ˈləʊkəst] n → locusta, cavalletta

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locust

n locust [ˈləukəst]

a type of large insect of the grasshopper family, found in Africa and Asia, which moves in very large groups and destroys growing crops by eating them. sprinkaan جَرادَه، جَراد скакалец kobylka græshoppe die Heuschrecke ακρίδα langosta rändrohutirts ملخ kulkusirkka sauterelle אַרבֶּה टिड्डी skakavac sáska belalang engispretta locusta ばった 메뚜기 skėrys sisenis belalang juta sprinkhaan gresshoppe szarańcza gafanhoto lăcustă саранча kobylka kobilica skakavac gräshoppa ตั๊กแตนขนิดหนึ่งมีหนวดสั้น çekirge 蝗蟲 сарана ٹڈی châu chấu 蝗虫