n.;
Plane locus,
Solid locus,
n. [ L. locusta locust, grasshopper. Cf. Lobster. ]
☞ These insects are at times so numerous in Africa and the south of Asia as to devour every green thing; and when they migrate, they fly in an immense cloud. In the United States the harvest flies are improperly called locusts. See Cicada. [ 1913 Webster ]
Locust beetle (Zool.),
Locust bird (Zool.)
Locust hunter (Zool.),
Locust bean (Bot.),
n. [ NL.: cf. locuste. ] (Bot.) The spikelet or flower cluster of grasses. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ NL., fr. L. locusta a locust. ] (Zool.) The European cricket warbler. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the locust; -- formerly used to designate a supposed acid. [ 1913 Webster ]
p. a. Swarming and devastating like locusts. [ R. ] Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
pos>n. [ Etymol. uncertain. ] (Bot.) A large North American tree of the genus
☞ The name is also applied to other trees of different genera, especially to those of the genus
Honey locust tree (Bot.),
Water locust tree (Bot.),