Bible Dictionaries
Locust

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) The locust tree. See Locust Tree (definition, note, and phrases).

(2):

(n.) Any one of numerous species of long-winged, migratory, orthopterous insects, of the family Acrididae, allied to the grasshoppers; esp., (Edipoda, / 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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Locust'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​l/locust.html. 1828.