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The answer LOCUST has 150 possible clue(s) in existing crosswords.
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Definitions of locust in various dictionaries:
noun - migratory grasshoppers of warm regions having short antennae
noun - hardwood from any of various locust trees
noun - any of various hardwood trees of the family Leguminosae
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| Singer in a field |
| Plague critter |
| Insect in a plague |
| Destructive insect |
| Part of a biblical plague |
| Prairie pest |
| Swarming insect |
| Crop pest |
| Grasshopper |
| Grasshopper's cousin |
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| Chapter 1 of the book of Joel concerns the day of this crop-ravaging type of grasshopper |
| Joel 1:4 describes a plague where "that which the palmerworm hath left hath" this insect "eaten" |
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| 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. |
| a large insect found in hot areas that flies in large groups and destroys plants and crops: |
| any of several types of large grasshoppers ( insects with wings and long back legs) found esp. in hot areas: |
| migratory grasshoppers of warm regions having short antennae |
| hardwood from any of various locust trees |
| any of various hard-wooded trees of the family Leguminosae |
| Any of numerous grasshoppers of the family Acrididae, often migrating in immense swarms that devour vegetation and crops. |
| The seventeen-year locust. |
| Any of several North American deciduous trees of the genus Robinia, especially R. pseudoacacia, having compound leaves, drooping clusters of fragrant white flowers, and durable hard wood. |
| Any of several similar or related trees, such as the honey locust or the carob. |
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Locusts are certain species of short-horned grasshoppers in the family Acrididae that have a swarming phase. These insects are usually solitary, but under certain circumstances they become more abundant and change their behaviour and habits, becoming gregarious. No taxonomic distinction is made between locust and grasshopper species; the basis for the definition is whether a species forms swarms under intermittently suitable conditions. * In the solitary phase, these grasshoppers are innocuous, their numbers are low, and they do not pose a major economic threat to agriculture. However, under suitable conditions of drought followed by rapid vegetation growth, serotonin in their brains triggers a dramatic set of changes: they start to breed abundantly, becoming gregarious and nomadic (loosely described as migratory) when their populations become dense enough. They form bands of wingless nymphs which later become swarms of winged adults. Both the bands and the swarms move around and rapidl |