locust
Plague insect swarm
A locust is a grasshopper that periodically swarms in vast numbers, devouring crops and vegetation across wide areas.
The word extends to various large grasshoppers and cicadas.
Locust trees—the black locust and honey locust—bear pods resembling the insect.
Figuratively, locusts are any devouring horde: Tourists descended like locusts on the small town.
Jumping insect, long legs
- cricketChirping legged insect
- cicadaLoud singing insect
- katydidLong-horned green grasshopper
- swarmMass of moving insects
plague · antenna · exoskeleton · wings · thorax · mandible · nymph · molt
Deadly epidemic disease
- ExodusMass departure from a place
- PharaohEgyptian royal title
- MosesHebrew prophet, liberator
- EgyptNortheastern African nation
Joel · Revelation · apocalypse · divine judgment · pestilence · affliction · scourge · prophecy
Disorganized, overwhelming crowd
- cloudAtmospheric water vapor mass
- infestationPest takeover situation
- invasionForcible entry into territory
- multitudeVery large number
throng · mass · plague · devastation · migration · outbreak · aggregation · band
Ruination of cultivated plants
- famineSevere food shortage
- pesticideAgent destroying harmful organisms
- defoliationLoss of foliage
- devastationSevere widespread destruction
food security · infestation · pest control · farmer · field · grain · vegetation · voracious
Sharp plant projections
- podsEnclosed natural containers
- hardwoodDense deciduous timber
- legumePod-producing plant family
- nitrogen-fixingConverting N₂ to ammonia
lumber · fence posts · erosion control · ornamental · fragrant · flowering · bark · invasive
grasshopper
Jumping insect, long legs
swarm · plague · antenna · exoskeleton · wings · thorax · mandible · nymph · molt · hopper
plague
Deadly epidemic disease
Egypt · Joel · Revelation · apocalypse · divine judgment · pestilence · affliction · scourge · prophecy · retribution
horde
Disorganized, overwhelming crowd
- cloudAtmospheric water vapor mass
- infestationPest takeover situation
- invasionForcible entry into territory
multitude · throng · mass · plague · devastation · migration · outbreak · aggregation · band · density
crop destruction
Ruination of cultivated plants
- famineSevere food shortage
- pesticideAgent destroying harmful organisms
- defoliationLoss of foliage
devastation · food security · infestation · pest control · farmer · field · grain · vegetation · voracious · devouring
thorns
Sharp plant projections
nitrogen-fixing · lumber · fence posts · erosion control · ornamental · fragrant · flowering · bark · invasive
- insectsant, ants, bee, bees, butterfly
- desert wildlifecamel, dromedary, gazelle, oryx, jerboa
- Eurasian wildlifeSiberian tiger, giant panda, red panda, snow leopard, Asian elephant
- bug nicknamesbug, critter, creepy crawly, crawler, pest
- Biblical creaturesLeviathan, serpent, lamb, donkey, demon
- crop pestsaphids, aphid, armyworm, beetles, cutworms
locustpollinator
Pollen-transferring organism
honeybee · beneficial insect · butterfly · earthworm · ladybug
- locust treeThorny legume-family timber tree
- plague of locustsMass insect agricultural disaster
- locust plagueMass insect agricultural devastation
- locust swarmMass migration of crop-eating insects
- locust bean gumCarob-derived food stabilizer
- desert locustMigratory insect forming destructive swarms