desert locust

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English

A desert locust laying eggs during an outbreak of locusts in Mauritania, 1994.

Etymology

desert +‎ locust

Noun

desert locust (plural desert locusts)

  1. Schistocerca gregaria, a species of bird grasshopper from Africa known to cause large swarms and bring famines from eating crops.

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