ROCKY MOUNTAIN LOCUST

Meaning of ROCKY MOUNTAIN LOCUST in English

a migratory locust, Melanoplus spretus, that occurs in North America, esp. the Great Plains, where swarms cause great damage to crops and other vegetation. Also called Rocky Mountain grasshopper .

[ 1875-80, Amer. ]

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ROCKY MOUNTAIN LOCUST — noun see rocky mountain grasshopper
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ROCKY MOUNTAIN LOCUST — кобылка Скалистых гор (Melanoplus spretus)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
ROCKY MOUNTAIN LOCUST — кобылка Скалистых гор ( Melanoplus spretus )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
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Английский словарь Британика
MOUNTAIN — I Landform that rises well above its surroundings, generally exhibiting steep slopes, a relatively confined summit area, and considerable local …
Английский словарь Британика
LOCUST — I Any of several species of grasshopper s (family Acrididae) that undergo population explosions and migrate long distances in destructive …
Английский словарь Британика
ROCKY — I. ˈräkē, -ki adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English rokky, from rokke rock, cliff + -y, adjective suffix 1. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MOUNTAIN
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LOCUST
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ROCKY — (a.) Full of, or abounding in, rocks; consisting of rocks; as, a rocky mountain; a rocky shore.
Английский словарь Webster
MOUNTAIN — (a.) Of or pertaining to a mountain or mountains; growing or living on a mountain; found on or peculiar to …
Английский словарь Webster
LOCUST — (n.) The locust tree. See Locust Tree (definition, note, and phrases).
Английский словарь Webster
ROCKY — ( a. ) Full of, or abounding in, rocks; consisting of rocks; as, a rocky mountain; a rocky shore.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MOUNTAIN — ( a. ) Of or pertaining to a mountain or mountains; growing or living on a mountain; found on or …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LOCUST — ( n. ) The locust tree. See Locust Tree (definition, note, and phrases).
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ROCKY — rocky 1 /rok"ee/ , adj., rockier, rockiest . 1. full of or abounding in rocks. 2. consisting of rock. 3. …
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MOUNTAIN
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LOCUST — — locustlike , adj. /loh"keuhst/ , n. 1. Also called acridid, short-horned grasshopper . any of several grasshoppers of the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LOCUST — n. grasshopper that has short antennae and migrates in swarms; cicada; North American tree; wood of the locust tree
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LOCUST — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French locuste, from Latin locusta Date: 14th century 1. : short-horned grasshopper ; especially : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ROCKY — adj like a rock; as, the rocky orb of a shield. 2. rocky ·adj fig.: not easily impressed or affected; …
Webster English vocab
MOUNTAIN — noun a mountainlike mass; something of great bulk. 2. mountain ·adj like a mountain; mountainous; vast; very great. 3. mountain …
Webster English vocab
LOCUST — noun the locust tree. ·see locust tree (definition, note, and phrases). 2. locust ·noun any one of numerous species of …
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ROCKY — [rocky] adj rock.i.er ; -est [ME rokky, fr. rokke rock] (15c) 1: abounding in or consisting of rocks 2: difficult …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LOCUST — [lo.cust] n [ME, fr. L locusta] (14c) 1: short-horned grasshopper; esp: a migratory grasshopper often traveling in vast swarms and …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MOUNTAIN — landform that rises prominently above its surroundings, generally exhibiting steep slopes, a relatively confined summit area, and considerable local relief. …
Britannica English vocabulary
LOCUST — in botany, any tree of the genus Robinia within the pea family (Fabaceae). About 20 species are known, all occurring …
Britannica English vocabulary
ROCKY — rock|y, Rock|y BrE AmE ˈrɒk |i AmE ˈrɑːk |i ▷ rock|ier i‿ə AmE i‿ ə r ▷ rock|ies, \~y's iz …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
MOUNTAIN — mountain BrE AmE ˈmaʊnt ɪn -ən AmE \ - ə n —In singing sometimes -eɪn ▷ mountain|s z ▶ ˈ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LOCUST — locust BrE AmE ˈləʊk əst AmE \ ˈloʊk- ▷ locust|s s
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ROCKY — / ˈrɒki; NAmE ˈrɑːki/ adjective ( rock·ier , rocki·est ) 1. made of rock; full of rocks : a rocky …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MOUNTAIN — / ˈmaʊntən; NAmE ˈmaʊntn/ noun 1. a very high hill, often with rocks near the top : a chain / …
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LOCUST — / ˈləʊkəst; NAmE ˈloʊ-/ noun a large insect that lives in hot countries and flies in large groups, destroying all …
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ROCKY — Rocky BrE AmE ( 1976) the first of a series of films in which Sylvester ↑ Stallone appears as a …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ROCKY — rock ‧ y /ˈrɒki $ ˈrɑːki/ BrE AmE adjective 1 . covered with rocks or made of rock: a rocky …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MOUNTAIN — moun ‧ tain S3 W3 /ˈmaʊntən, ˈmaʊntɪn $ ˈmaʊnt ə n/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ROCKY — adj. & n. --adj. (rockier, rockiest) 1 of or like rock. 2 full of or abounding in rock or rocks …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MOUNTAIN — n. 1 a large natural elevation of the earth's surface rising abruptly from the surrounding level; a large or high …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LOCUST — n. 1 any of various African and Asian grasshoppers of the family Acrididae, migrating in swarms and destroying vegetation. 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ROCKY — adj. & n. adj. (rockier, rockiest) 1 of or like rock. 2 full of or abounding in rock or rocks …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MOUNTAIN — n. 1 a large natural elevation of the earth's surface rising abruptly from the surrounding level; a large or high …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LOCUST — n. 1 any of various African and Asian grasshoppers of the family Acrididae, migrating in swarms and destroying vegetation. 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MOUNTAIN — n.1 a large natural elevation of the earth's surface rising abruptly from the surrounding level; a large or high and …
Oxford English vocab
LOCUST — n.1 any of various African and Asian grasshoppers of the family Acrididae, migrating in swarms and destroying vegetation. 2 US …
Oxford English vocab
ROCKY — ( rockier, rockiest) 1. A rocky place is covered with rocks or consists of large areas of rock and has …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MOUNTAIN — ( mountains) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A mountain is a …
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ROCKY
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MOUNTAIN — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a coastal/desert/mountain etc environment ▪ The storm caused significant damage to the coastal environment. a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LOCUST — noun PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES a plague of rats/locusts etc ▪ From Tracy Luv to Sarah-Lou, Corrie kids are as …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ROCKY — [adjective] -ier, -iestAfter two months in a hospital bed, I felt a bit rocky (= I could not balance very …
Cambridge English vocab
MOUNTAIN — [noun] [C] - a raised part of the Earth's surface, larger than a hill, the top of which might be …
Cambridge English vocab
LOCUST — [noun] [C] - a large type of grasshopper (= a winged insect with long back legs), esp. found in hot …
Cambridge English vocab
MOUNTAIN — n. mountain sheep mountain lion Mountain Man mountain climbing mountain sickness Bernese mountain dog Kings Mountain Battle of Landis Kenesaw …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
LOCUST — n. Any of several species of grasshopper s (family Acrididae) that undergo population explosions and migrate long distances in destructive …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
LOCUST — n. In botany, any of about 20 tree species in the genus Robinia of the pea family (see legume ), …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
ROCKY — adj. Marciano Rocky Rocky Mountain goat Rocky Mountain National Park Rocky Mountains Rocky Mountain spotted fever
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
MOUNTAIN — noun 1 very high hill ADJECTIVE ▪ big , great , high , large , tall , towering ▪ 1 000 m …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
LOCUST — noun … OF LOCUSTS ▪ plague , swarm LOCUST + VERB ▪ descend on ▪ A swarm of ~s descended on …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
MOUNTAIN — • ↑ a mountain of • ↑ make a mountain out of a molehill
Longman Activator English vocab
MOUNTAIN — n. 25B6; noun a range of mountains : PEAK, height, mount, prominence, summit, pinnacle, alp; ( mountains ) range, massif, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
ROCKY — a film character created and played by Sylvester Stallone . He wrote and acted in five successful films about Rocky …
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
ROCKY — adj. 1 stony, pebbly, shingly, boulder-strewn, craggy; bumpy, difficult, hard, uncomfortable, arduous The beach at Nice might be romantic, but …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
LOCUST — a well-known insect, of the grasshopper family, which commits terrible ravages on vegetation in the countries which it visits. "The …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
ROCKY — I прил. 1) каменистый, скалистый Rocky Mountains ≈ Скалистые горы (в Северной Америке) Syn : stony, cliffy 2) крепкий, твердый, …
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