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Complete Definition of "locust"

English
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Etymology
From Old (and modern) French locuste, from Latin locusta ‘locust, crustacean’. Compare lobster.

Pronunciation
IPA|/ˈləʊkəst/
audio|en-us-locust.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
en-noun

  1. A type of grasshopper in the family Acrididae that flies in swarms and is very destructive to crops and other vegetation.

Translations

Arabic: ARchar|جرادة (jarāda) f
Bosnian: skakavac m, cvrčak m, zrikavac m
Catalan: llagosta f
CJKV Characters: 蛩
Chinese: 蝗蟲, 蝗虫 (huángchóng)
Dutch: treksprinkhaan m
Finnish: kulkusirkka
Fon: gbokle
French: locuste f, criquet m
German: Heuschrecke f
Greek: ακρίδα f
Hausa: fàra
Hebrew: ארבה|אַרְבֶּה m, חגב|חָגָב m
Hungarian: sáska
mid
Italian: locusta f
Japanese: 飛蝗 (ばった, batta); 蝗, イナゴ (いなご, inago)
Korean: 메뚜기 (mettugi)
Kurdish: KUchar|کوله‌
Lithuanian: skėrys m
Norwegian: gresshoppe m
Polish: szarańcza f
Portuguese: gafanhoto m
Romanian: lăcustă f
Russian: саранчук (sarančuk) m
Spanish: langosta f
Swahili: nzige
Swedish: gräshoppa c
Tamil: வெட்டுக்கிளி (vettukkili)
Tibetan: ཚ་ག་བ་ (tsha-ga-pa)

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