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GENUS LOCUSTA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Locusta mean?
• GENUS LOCUSTA (noun)
The noun GENUS LOCUSTA has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: GENUS LOCUSTA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Acrididae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Locusta; Locusta
Hypernyms ("genus Locusta" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "genus Locusta"):
Locusta migratoria; migratory locust (Old World locust that travels in vast swarms stripping large areas of vegetation)
Holonyms ("genus Locusta" is a member of...):
Acrididae; family Acrididae; family Locustidae; Locustidae (short-horned grasshoppers; true locusts)
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