MIGRATORY LOCUST

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Old World locust that travels in vast swarms stripping large areas of vegetation

Synonyms:

Locusta migratoria; migratory locust

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("migratory locust" is a kind of...):

locust (migratory grasshoppers of warm regions having short antennae)

Holonyms ("migratory locust" is a member of...):

genus Locusta; Locusta (a genus of Acrididae)

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