locust borer

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

  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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