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Locust
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
An insect resembling a large grasshopper, that infests grain and wheat in swarms, ruining the crops. They are one of the worst scourges in the East; they were the eighth plague God sent upon the Egyptians because Pharao would not let the Israelites go to sacrifice to the Lord (Exodus 10).
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Entry for 'Locust'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/l/locust.html. 1910.