MIGRATORY LOCUST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does migratory locust mean? 

• MIGRATORY LOCUST (noun)
  The noun MIGRATORY LOCUST has 1 sense:

1. Old World locust that travels in vast swarms stripping large areas of vegetation

  Familiarity information: MIGRATORY LOCUST used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MIGRATORY LOCUST (noun)

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Meaning:

Old World locust that travels in vast swarms stripping large areas of vegetation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Locusta migratoria; migratory locust

Hypernyms ("migratory locust" is a kind of...):

locust (migratory grasshoppers of warm regions having short antennae)

Holonyms ("migratory locust" is a member of...):

genus Locusta; Locusta (a genus of Acrididae)