Locust
noun
A type of insect that travels in large groups and can cause big damage to plants.
The farmer lost all his crops when a swarm of locusts invaded his field.
Often appears as...
- swarm of locusts
- locust invasion
noun
A type of tree with hard wood, often used for making furniture.
Locust trees are common in North America and have beautiful clusters of flowers.
Often appears as...
- locust tree
- locust wood
noun
A type of insect that travels in large groups and can cause big damage to plants.
The farmer lost all his crops when a swarm of locusts invaded his field.
Often appears as...
- swarm of locusts
- locust invasion
noun
A type of tree with hard wood, often used for making furniture.
Locust trees are common in North America and have beautiful clusters of flowers.
Often appears as...
- locust tree
- locust wood
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Destructive Swarms
Locusts are notorious for destroying crops and causing famines.
The locust swarm devastated the region's agriculture.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Plagues
Locusts have been feared since ancient times, often mentioned in historical texts.
Locusts were one of the plagues in ancient Egypt.
Pro Tip 3/3Natural Disasters
Locust invasions are considered natural disasters because of their impact.
Aid was sent to help farmers after the locust disaster.
Pro Tip 1/3Destructive Swarms
Locusts are notorious for destroying crops and causing famines.
The locust swarm devastated the region's agriculture.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Plagues
Locusts have been feared since ancient times, often mentioned in historical texts.
Locusts were one of the plagues in ancient Egypt.
Pro Tip 3/3Natural Disasters
Locust invasions are considered natural disasters because of their impact.
Aid was sent to help farmers after the locust disaster.
Pro Tip 1/3Destructive Swarms
Locusts are notorious for destroying crops and causing famines.
The locust swarm devastated the region's agriculture.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Plagues
Locusts have been feared since ancient times, often mentioned in historical texts.
Locusts were one of the plagues in ancient Egypt.
Pro Tip 3/3Natural Disasters
Locust invasions are considered natural disasters because of their impact.
Aid was sent to help farmers after the locust disaster.
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Safari Live - Day 276 PIPE...
elephants and locusts the biggest challenges in akhira is between the hippos and the local community and sometimes the buffalos we have what's called human world live conflict but we have lots of game Rangers will always come around and educate the locals on
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12 sustainable design...
who has figured out that it's a very large neuron. And she's actually figuring out how to make a collision-avoidance circuitry based on this very large neuron in the locust. This is a huge and important one, number 11. And that's the growing fertility.
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Safari Live - Day 288 PIPE...
they'll be looking for prey of all sorts you might think of and they do a lot of cannibals I'm talking of them getting grasshoppers getting locusts getting small mammals rodents mice and once some world you also got them catching snakes
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Cannibal Bugs and...
cousin is doing research that could help inform us how we might influence the decisions of enough people to impact the world in a positive way I suppose getting sounds a bit like a self-help seminar but it is actually locust swarms
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The Planet Earth...
spectacles it's rarely seen on the scale and it won't last long once the food has gone the steady roar of a billion beating locust wings will once again be replaced by nothing more than the sound of the desert wind
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Just add water: The...
desert locusts live a solitary lifestyle. Adolescent hoppers will spend a few lonely weeks foraging for plants, before growing wings, reproducing, and dying. But when a region receives an abundance of rain,
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A Collection Of Summer...
this is one of planet earth's greatest spectacles it's rarely seen on this scale and it won't last long once the food has gone the steady roar of a billion beating locust wings will once again be replaced
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The exceptional life of...
He used his scientific expertise to pioneer new agricultural methods on his family's tobacco farm. His fascination with the natural world also led to a study on the plague life cycle of locusts.
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Swarm Of Locusts DEVOUR...
This is one of planet Earth's greatest spectacles. It's rarely seen on this scale and it won't last long. Once the food has gone, the steady roar of a billion beating locust wings
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Why I think inside the...
and the locust this is the blood fountain where all the creatures are dancing this is where all those creatures have descended from the
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 276 PIPE...
elephants and locusts the biggest challenges in akhira is between the hippos and the local community and sometimes the buffalos we have what's called human world live conflict but we have lots of game Rangers will always come around and educate the locals on
Video examples
12 sustainable design...
who has figured out that it's a very large neuron. And she's actually figuring out how to make a collision-avoidance circuitry based on this very large neuron in the locust. This is a huge and important one, number 11. And that's the growing fertility.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 288 PIPE...
they'll be looking for prey of all sorts you might think of and they do a lot of cannibals I'm talking of them getting grasshoppers getting locusts getting small mammals rodents mice and once some world you also got them catching snakes
Video examples
Cannibal Bugs and...
cousin is doing research that could help inform us how we might influence the decisions of enough people to impact the world in a positive way I suppose getting sounds a bit like a self-help seminar but it is actually locust swarms
Video examples
The Planet Earth...
spectacles it's rarely seen on the scale and it won't last long once the food has gone the steady roar of a billion beating locust wings will once again be replaced by nothing more than the sound of the desert wind
Video examples
Just add water: The...
desert locusts live a solitary lifestyle. Adolescent hoppers will spend a few lonely weeks foraging for plants, before growing wings, reproducing, and dying. But when a region receives an abundance of rain,
Video examples
A Collection Of Summer...
this is one of planet earth's greatest spectacles it's rarely seen on this scale and it won't last long once the food has gone the steady roar of a billion beating locust wings will once again be replaced
Video examples
The exceptional life of...
He used his scientific expertise to pioneer new agricultural methods on his family's tobacco farm. His fascination with the natural world also led to a study on the plague life cycle of locusts.
Video examples
Swarm Of Locusts DEVOUR...
This is one of planet Earth's greatest spectacles. It's rarely seen on this scale and it won't last long. Once the food has gone, the steady roar of a billion beating locust wings
Video examples
Why I think inside the...
and the locust this is the blood fountain where all the creatures are dancing this is where all those creatures have descended from the
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
P. J. O'Rourke
American Comedian
Passover is my idea of a perfect holiday. Dear God, when you're handing out plagues of darkness, locusts, hail, boils, flies, lice, frogs, and cattle murrain, and turning the Nile to blood and smiting the firstborn, give me a pass. And tell me when it's over.
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Erin Brockovich
American Activist
I was born and raised in Kansas. The worst things are the locusts, mosquitos, the flatness, the humidity. The greatest things are the simplicity of life, watching the thunderheads building on the horizon, and running through cornfields.
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Jeff Goodell
American Author
Australia has suffered a decade of drought, epic floods, a Category 5 cyclone, and a plague of locusts. But just because Aussies have the biggest carbon footprint in the world, it doesn't mean they're stupid.
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Lillian Hellman
American Dramatist
There are people who eat the earth and eat all the people on it like in the Bible with the locusts. And other people who stand around and watch them eat.
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Bill Bailey
English Comedian
I've started doing Bikram yoga. You're in a boiling hot room, bending over pretending to be a locust, you can't do that at the gym.
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P. J. O'Rourke
American Comedian
Passover is my idea of a perfect holiday. Dear God, when you're handing out plagues of darkness, locusts, hail, boils, flies, lice, frogs, and cattle murrain, and turning the Nile to blood and smiting the firstborn, give me a pass. And tell me when it's over.
Quote examples
Erin Brockovich
American Activist
I was born and raised in Kansas. The worst things are the locusts, mosquitos, the flatness, the humidity. The greatest things are the simplicity of life, watching the thunderheads building on the horizon, and running through cornfields.
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Jeff Goodell
American Author
Australia has suffered a decade of drought, epic floods, a Category 5 cyclone, and a plague of locusts. But just because Aussies have the biggest carbon footprint in the world, it doesn't mean they're stupid.
Quote examples
Lillian Hellman
American Dramatist
There are people who eat the earth and eat all the people on it like in the Bible with the locusts. And other people who stand around and watch them eat.
Quote examples
Bill Bailey
English Comedian
I've started doing Bikram yoga. You're in a boiling hot room, bending over pretending to be a locust, you can't do that at the gym.
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