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Locust beetle
(gcide) | Longicornia \Lon`gi*cor"ni*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. longus long +
cornu horn.] (Zool.)
A division of beetles, including a large number of species,
in which the antenn[ae] are very long. Most of them, while in
the larval state, bore into the wood or beneath the bark of
trees, and some species are very destructive to fruit and
shade trees. See Apple borer, under Apple, and {Locust
beetle}, under Locust.
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Locust beetle
(gcide) | 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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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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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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2. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Bot.) The locust tree. See {Locust
Tree} (definition, note, and phrases).
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Locust bean (Bot.), a commercial name for the sweet pod of
the carob tree.
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