noun
- large grasshoppers that travel in swarms and destroy crops
- cicadas, especially those that emerge periodically in large numbers
Usage: North American usage
Examples
- The locusts destroyed the entire wheat crop in just two days.
- Swarms of locusts darkened the sky as they moved across the farmland.
- The farmer watched helplessly as locusts devoured his corn fields.
- Every seventeen years, the locusts emerge from underground in massive numbers.
- The sound of locusts filled the summer evening air.
- Ancient texts describe plagues of locusts that devastated entire regions.