grasshoppers 音标拼音: [gr'æsh
, ɑpɚz]
Locust \
Lo "
cust \,
n . [
L .
locusta locust ,
grasshopper .
Cf .
{
Lobster }.]
1 . (
Zool .)
Any one of numerous species of long -
winged ,
migratory ,
orthopterous insects ,
of the family {
Acridid [
ae ]},
allied to the grasshoppers ;
esp ., ({
Edipoda migratoria },
syn . {
Pachytylus migratoria },
and {
Acridium perigrinum },
of Southern Europe ,
Asia ,
and Africa .
In the United States the related species with similar habits are usually called {
grasshoppers }.
See {
Grasshopper }.
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1913 Webster ]
Note :
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 }.
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1913 Webster ]
{
Locust beetle } (
Zool .),
a longicorn beetle ({
Cyllene robini [
ae ]}),
which ,
in the larval state ,
bores holes in the wood of the locust tree .
Its color is brownish black ,
barred with yellow .
Called also {
locust borer }.
{
Locust bird } (
Zool .)
the rose -
colored starling or pastor of India .
See {
Pastor }.
{
Locust hunter } (
Zool .),
an African bird ;
the beefeater .
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1913 Webster ]
2 . [
Etymol .
uncertain .] (
Bot .)
The locust tree .
See {
Locust Tree } (
definition ,
note ,
and phrases ).
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1913 Webster ]
{
Locust bean } (
Bot .),
a commercial name for the sweet pod of the carob tree .
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1913 Webster ]
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