[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- Originally: = "locust". In later use: specifically any of the large, grasshopper-like orthopteran insects constituting the genus Locusta; specifically the migratory locust, L. migratorius. Also (in form Locusta): the genus itself.

- A lobster, crayfish, or other crustacean. Compare "locust". rare.


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Origin:
late Middle English; earliest use found in John Trevisa (c1342–?1402), translator. From classical Latin locusta locust