GENUS LOCUSTA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Locusta mean? 

• GENUS LOCUSTA (noun)
  The noun GENUS LOCUSTA has 1 sense:

1. a genus of Acrididae

  Familiarity information: GENUS LOCUSTA used as a noun is very rare.

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• GENUS LOCUSTA (noun)

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Meaning:

A genus of Acrididae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Locusta; Locusta

Hypernyms ("genus Locusta" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "genus Locusta"):

Locusta migratoria; migratory locust (Old World locust that travels in vast swarms stripping large areas of vegetation)

Holonyms ("genus Locusta" is a member of...):

Acrididae; family Acrididae; family Locustidae; Locustidae (short-horned grasshoppers; true locusts)