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  • 21locust — lo·cust || ləʊkÉ™st n. grasshopper that has short antennae and migrates in swarms; cicada; North American tree; wood of the locust tree …

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  • 22locust — robinija statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Pupinių (Fabaceae) šeimos augalų gentis (Robinia). atitikmenys: lot. Robinia angl. false acacia; locust; locust tree vok. falsche Akazie; Robinie; Scheinakazie rus. лжеакация; робиния lenk.… …

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  • 23locust borer — noun also locust beetle : a brownish black yellow barred long horned beetle (Megacyllene robiniae) whose larvae bore in the wood of the black locust tree …

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  • 24Locust (disambiguation) — Locust can refer to:In nature* The locust, a swarming grasshopper. * The cicada, often referred to as a seven year locust. * The magicicada, often referred to as a 13 year or 17 year locust. * Various plants, especially of the genera Gleditsia… …

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  • 25locust — [lō′kəst] n. [ME < L locusta, prob. akin to lacerta, LIZARD] 1. any of various large grasshoppers; specif., a migratory grasshopper often traveling in great swarms and destroying nearly all vegetation in areas visited 2. SEVENTEEN YEAR LOCUST… …

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  • 26Locust Coqui — Conservation status Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification K …

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  • 27LOCUST — (Heb. אַרְבֶּה, arbeh), one of the four insects which, having jointed legs above their feet, wherewith to leap upon the earth, are permitted as food (Lev. 11:21–22). The locust was one of the ten plagues of Egypt (Ex. 10:4–19). The reference is… …

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  • 28Tree — /tree/, n. Sir Herbert Beerbohm /bear bohm/, (Herbert Beerbohm), 1853 1917, English actor and theater manager; brother of Max Beerbohm. * * * I Woody perennial plant. Most trees have a single self supporting trunk containing woody tissues, and in …

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  • 29Locust bean gum — (also known as carob gum, carob bean gum, carobin, E410) is a galactomannan vegetable gum extracted from the seeds of the Carob tree. It is used as a thickening agent and gelling agent in food technology. It is soluble in hot water. [Martin… …

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  • 30locust — locustlike, adj. /loh keuhst/, n. 1. Also called acridid, short horned grasshopper. any of several grasshoppers of the family Acrididae, having short antennae and commonly migrating in swarms that strip the vegetation from large areas. 2. any of… …

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