The term "locust" commonly refers to the short-horned variety of this insect
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Locusts such as the Australian Plague Locust (Chortoicetes... [DOC] [TLE] locust (short-horned grasshopper) - Memidex dictionary/thesaurus [PAR] "locust" (short-horned grasshopper) definition: a migratory grasshopper of warm 
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