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   Lo·cust

   /ˈlōkəst/

   

   noun

   • 1. a large and 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 that cause extensive damage to crops.
   • ▪ the periodical cicada. US
   • 2. the large edible pod of some plants of the pea family, in particular the carob bean, which is said to resemble a locust.
   • 3. any of a number of pod-bearing trees of the pea family, in particular the carob tree and the black locust.

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

   Scrabble Points: 8

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