n.
Pronunciation: ' l ō -k ə st
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French locuste, from Latin locusta
Date: 14th century
1 : SHORT-HORNED GRASSHOPPER especially : a migratory grasshopper often traveling in vast swarms and stripping the areas passed of all vegetation
2 : CICADA
3 a : any of various leguminous trees: as (1) : CAROB 1 (2) : BLACK LOCUST (3) : HONEY LOCUST b : the wood of a locust tree