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

Pronunciation
IPA|/�l��k�st/
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 (jar�da) f
Bosnian: skakavac m, cvr�ak m, zrikavac m
Catalan: llagosta f
CJKV Characters: �
Chinese: ��, �� (huángchóng)
Dutch: treksprinkhaan m
Finnish: kulkusirkka
Fon: gbokle
French: locuste f, criquet m
German: Heuschrecke f
Greek: ακ�ίδα f
Hausa: fàra
Hebrew: �ר��|�ַרְ�ֶּ� m, ���|�ָ�ָ� m
Hungarian: sáska
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Italian: locusta f
Japanese: �� (���, batta); �, ��� (���, inago)
Korean: ��기 (mettugi)
Kurdish: KUchar|ک����
Lithuanian: sk�rys m
Norwegian: gresshoppe m
Polish: szara�cza f
Portuguese: gafanhoto m
Romanian: l�cust� f
Russian: �а�ан��к (saran�uk) m
Spanish: langosta f
Swahili: nzige
Swedish: gräshoppa c
Tamil: வ��������ிளி (vettukkili)
Tibetan: ������ (tsha-ga-pa)

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