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LOCUSTA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A genus of Acrididae

Synonyms:

genus Locusta; Locusta

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Locusta" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Locusta"):

Locusta migratoria; migratory locust (Old World locust that travels in vast swarms stripping large areas of vegetation)

Holonyms ("Locusta" is a member of...):

Acrididae; family Acrididae; family Locustidae; Locustidae (short-horned grasshoppers; true locusts)

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