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Definition of Locust bird

Locust bird
Locust Lo"cust, n. [L. locusta locust, grasshopper. Cf. Lobster.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of long-winged, migratory, orthopterous insects, of the family Acridid[ae], allied to the grasshoppers; esp., (Edipoda, or 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. 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. Locust beetle (Zo["o]l.), 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 (Zo["o]l.) the rose-colored starling or pastor of India. See Pastor. Locust hunter (Zo["o]l.), an African bird; the beefeater. 2. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Bot.) The locust tree. See Locust Tree (definition, note, and phrases). Locust bean (Bot.), a commercial name for the sweet pod of the carob tree.

Meaning of Locust bird from wikipedia

- berries, but its diet is mainly insects including many locusts, leading to the local name "locust bird".[citation needed] It will scavenge at rubbish heaps...
- and it is often referred to as a locust, though it lacks the true swarming form of its congener, the desert locust (S. gregaria). The adult male of the...
- The desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) is a species of locust, a periodically swarming, short-horned gr****hopper in the family Acrididae. They are...
- Robinia pseudoacacia, commonly known in its native territory as black locust, is a medium-sized hardwood deciduous tree, belonging to the tribe Robinieae...
- gr****hoppers, commonly called bird gr****hoppers, many of which swarm as locusts. The best known species is probably the desert locust (S. gregaria) and trans-Atlantic...
- called "locusts", this is a misnomer, as cicadas belong to the taxonomic order Hemiptera (true bugs), suborder Auchenorrhyncha, while locusts are gr****hoppers...
- Todd Harris / Jim Danielson / Josh Evans 3 episodes: The Year of the Locusts, Bird of Prey, Police Buff 1973 The Magician Gary Allmont 1 Episode: Nightmare...
- wingless locust, and older English translations render this as gr****hopper in most parts of the Bible, but inconsistently translate it as locust in Leviticus...
- Audinet-Serville in 1838. It is placed in the subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae, the bird locusts. Other species previously placed in Nomadacris are now considered part...
- A bird strike (sometimes called birdstrike, bird ingestion (for an engine), bird hit, or bird aircraft strike hazard (BASH)) is a collision between an...