How to pronounce locust
American English pronunciation
LOH-kust
- IPA
- /ˈloʊkəst/
- Syllables
- LOH · kust (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What locust means
A grasshopper that flies in huge swarms that eat crops
In a sentence: A locust can eat its own weight in leaves every single day.
Where it comes from: It comes through French from the Latin word locusta, which meant both a locust and a lobster.
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Another meaning
A tree with feathery leaves and long seed pods
In a sentence: We sat in the shade of a big locust tree while its long brown pods rattled above us.
Where it comes from: It comes through French from the Latin locusta. The tree got this name because its bean-like seed pods were thought to look like the insect.
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