locust

noun

1. migratory grasshoppers of warm regions having short antennae

   noun.animal

   Source: WordNet 3.0

2. hardwood from any of various locust trees

   noun.plant

   Source: WordNet 3.0

3. any of various hardwood trees of the family Leguminosae

   noun.plant

   Synonyms locust tree

   Source: WordNet 3.0

4. Any one of numerous species of long-winged, migratory, orthopterous insects, of the family <i>Acridid&aelig;</i>, allied to the grasshoppers; esp., (<i>Edipoda, or Pachytylus, migratoria</i>, and <i>Acridium perigrinum</i>, of Southern Europe, Asia, and Africa. In the United States the related species with similar habits are usually called <i>grasshoppers</i>. See <u>Grasshopper</u>.

   noun

   Source: webster1913