Locusta

noun

Lo·​cus·​ta

lōˈkəstə

1

: a genus of short-horned grasshoppers including the common migratory locust of the Old World

2

in some especially former classifications : a variously limited genus of long-horned grasshoppers

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin, locust

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