locust beetle

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locust beetle - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Longicornia \Lon`gi*cor"ni*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. longus long +
     cornu horn.] (Zool.)
     A division of beetles, including a large number of species,
     in which the antenn[ae] are very long. Most of them, while in
     the larval state, bore into the wood or beneath the bark of
     trees, and some species are very destructive to fruit and
     shade trees. See Apple borer, under Apple, and Locust beetle
     , under Locust.
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  Locust \Lo"cust\, n. [L. locusta locust, grasshopper. Cf.
     Lobster.]
     1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of long-winged,
        migratory, orthopterous insects, of the family
        Acridid[ae], allied to the grasshoppers; esp., (Edipoda  migratoria
        , syn. 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.
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     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.
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     Locust beetle (Zool.), 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 (Zool.) the rose-colored starling or pastor of
        India. See Pastor.
  
     Locust hunter (Zool.), an African bird; the beefeater.
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     2. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Bot.) The locust tree. See Locust  Tree
         (definition, note, and phrases).
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     Locust bean (Bot.), a commercial name for the sweet pod of
        the carob tree.
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