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Locustic
Pertaining to or derived from the locust formerly used to designate a supposed acid
Locusting
Matched in: Term Locusting
Locust
Any one of numerous species of long winged migratory orthopterous insects of the family Acrididaelig allied to the grasshoppers esp Edipoda migratoria syn Pachytylus migratoria and Acridium perigrinum of Southern Europe Asia and Africa In the...
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Locust tree
A large North American tree of the genus Robinia Robinia Pseudacacia producing large slender racemes of white fragrant papilionaceous flowers and often cultivated as an ornamental tree In England it is called acacia
Grasshopper
Any jumping orthopterous insect of the families Acrididaelig and Locustidaelig having large hind legs adapted for leaping and chewing mouth parts The species and genera are very numerous
VerbarLongicornia
trees and some species are very destructive to fruit and shade trees See Apple borer under Apple and Locust beetle under Locust
Cicada
stretched membranes acted upon by powerful muscles A noted American species Cicada septendecim is called the seventeen year locust Another common species is the dogday cicada
fernlike
resembling ferns especially in leaf shape as the fernlike shadows of locust leaves
VerbarOrthoptera
An order of mandibulate insects including grasshoppers locusts cockroaches mantids crickets katydids etc See Illust under Insect
VerbarRobinia
A genus of leguminous trees including the common locust of North America Robinia Pseudocacia
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