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MIGRATORY LOCUST
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Old World locust that travels in vast swarms stripping large areas of vegetation
Synonyms:
Locusta migratoria; migratory locust
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("migratory locust" is a kind of...):
locust (migratory grasshoppers of warm regions having short antennae)
Holonyms ("migratory locust" is a member of...):
genus Locusta; Locusta (a genus of Acrididae)