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locust

lo·cust

UK/ˈləʊ.kəst/ US/ˈloʊ.kəst/ uncommon obsolete slang uk

noun

1.

migratory grasshoppers of warm regions having short antennae

2.

hardwood from any of various locust trees

3.

any of various hard-wooded trees of the family Leguminosae

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  • African locust
  • American locust
  • Australian plague locust
  • bald locust
  • black locust
  • Bombay locust
  • bristly locust
  • brown locust

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