Large insects related to grasshoppers that form massive swarms and destroy crops; also a type of tree in North America.
From Latin locusta; the word may derive from Etruscan origins. Biblical locusts became famous as one of the ten plagues of Egypt described in Exodus.
Locusts can form swarms of billions that darken the sky and eat everything in their path—one swarm can be the size of a city and consume crops equivalent to feeding thousands of people!
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