Locust ¹

Definition: Any one of numerous species of long-winged, migratory, orthopterous insects, of the family Acrididae, allied to the grasshoppers; esp., (Edipoda, 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.

Locust ²

Definition: The locust tree. See Locust Tree (definition, note, and phrases).

locust ³

Definition: migratory grasshoppers of warm regions having short antennae

locust ⁴

Definition: any of various hard-wooded trees of the family Leguminosae

locust ⁵

Definition: hardwood from any of various locust trees