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Rocky Mountain locust

noun

  1. a migratory locust, Melanoplus spretus, that occurs in North America, especially the Great Plains, where swarms cause great damage to crops and other vegetation.

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Origin of Rocky Mountain locust1

An Americanism dating back to 1875–80

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