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locust
locust is a 6-letter English word with 5 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Any one of numerous species of long-winged, migratory, orthopterous insects, of the family Acrididae, allied to the grasshoppers; esp., (Edipoda, / 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. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 11 · 5 senses
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- 1noun
Any one of numerous species of long-winged, migratory, orthopterous insects, of the family Acrididae, allied to the grasshoppers; esp., (Edipoda, / 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.
- 2noun
The locust tree. See Locust Tree (definition, note, and phrases).
- 3noun
migratory grasshoppers of warm regions having short antennae
- 4noun
any of various hardwood trees of the family Leguminosae
- 5noun
hardwood from any of various locust trees
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