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Definition of locust noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

locust

noun
 
/ˈləʊkəst/
 
/ˈləʊkəst/
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  1. a large insect that lives in hot countries and sometimes flies in large groups, destroying all the plants and crops of an area
    • a swarm of locusts
    • The locusts have destroyed a lot of the crops.
    Topics Insects, worms, etc.c2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionary… of locusts
    • plague
    • swarm
    locust + verb
    • descend on
    • destroy
    locust + noun
    • swarm
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    Word OriginMiddle English: via Old French locuste from Latin locusta ‘locust, crustacean’.
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