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noun 
  1. A type of grasshopper in the family Acrididae that flies in swarms and is very destructive to crops and other vegetation.
Translations: 
  • Dutch: treksprinkhaan
  • French: locuste , criquet
  • German: Heuschrecke
  • Italian: locusta
  • Spanish: langosta
Etymology: From Old (and modern) French locuste, from Latin locusta "locust, crustacean". Compare lobster.


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