[ˈləʊkəst], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a large, mainly tropical grasshopper with strong powers of flight. It is usually solitary, but from time to time there is a population explosion and it migrates in vast swarms which cause extensive damage to vegetation

- the large edible pod of some plants of the pea family, in particular the carob bean, which is said to resemble a locust

- a carob tree, false acacia, or similar pod-bearing tree of the pea family


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Origin:
Middle English: via Old French locuste from Latin locusta ‘locust, crustacean’