transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈlō-kəst ]
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