migratory locust

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noun

any of several locusts that migrate in great swarms, especially Locusta migratoria, of Africa and Asia.

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Also called migratory grasshopper.

Origin of migratory locust

First recorded in 1870–75

Words nearby migratory locust

migraine, migrant, migrate, migration, migratory, migratory locust, miguelet, MIG welding, miha, Mihailović, mihi

How to use migratory locust in a sentence

Mayor Gardner noted that a lake that had served as a summer breeding ground for migratory cranes recently disappeared.
Visiting the Arctic Circle…Before It’s Irreversibly Changed|Terry Greene Sterling|April 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As a result, the water sank into the ground, prompting migratory cranes to issue calls of “grief and bewilderment.”
Visiting the Arctic Circle…Before It’s Irreversibly Changed|Terry Greene Sterling|April 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This spring, Israel found itself in the midst of a locust invasion.
Cicadas, Grasshoppers, Locusts, Ants Among the Tastiest Insects|Nina Strochlic|May 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST
But it was also about the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, threatened by the flooding of the Great Salt Lake.
Terry Tempest Williams Talks About Her New Book, ‘When Women Were Birds’|Susan Salter Reynolds|May 22, 2012|DAILY BEAST

Demographic experts say Philadelphia is in the crosshairs of several unfortunate trends, both economic and migratory.
Is Philadelphia in Decline? New Report Shows a City With Marked Challenges|Daniel Stone|April 4, 2012|DAILY BEAST
I have not been able to learn that the migratory flock above spoken of extended to any of the other Islands.
Birds of Guernsey (1879)|Cecil Smith
So probably its numbers are occasionally increased by migratory flocks in the winter.
Birds of Guernsey (1879)|Cecil Smith
"No wonder things git pindlin' under this old locust-tree," Sophy heard him grumble.
Country Neighbors|Alice Brown
These migratory hosts left a desert behind them, and they either gained a settlement or perished.
Landholding In England|Joseph Fisher
Something sang in the sunny air above my head, and I flicked with my whip to drive the locust away.
The Relief of Mafeking|Filson Young