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   locust

   /ˈləʊkəst/

   noun

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

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

   Scrabble Points: 8

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