Plural of locust
regular plural
The plural of locust is locusts.
Forms of locust
| Singular | locust /ˈləʊ.kəst/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | locusts |
| Countable | countable |
Locusts in a sentence
- The trees were left bare after the swarm of locusts devoured all the leaves.From the entry bare
- Ten Biblical plagues over Egypt, ranging from locusts to the death of the crown prince, finally forced Pharaoh to let Moses's people go.From the entry plague
- The invertebrae are usually forbidden, the only exceptions being several types of locusts enumerated in the Torah.2013, Adin Steinsaltz, The Essential Talmud. From the entry invertebrae
- Locusts do not touch mabele, and therefore there is no excuse for not putting in more.1901 April 26, “District Reports”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 4, page 102. From the entry mabele
- Federal agents are going to descend on this place like locusts in about twenty minutes, max, and they’ll detain everyone.1998, Laura J. Mixon, Proxies, page 270. From the entry interrobang
Meaning of locust
- noun Any of the grasshoppers, often polyphenic and usually swarming, in the family Acrididae that are very destructive to crops and other vegetation, especially migratory locusts (Locusta migratoria).
- noun A fruit or pod of a carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua).
- noun Any of various often leguminous trees and shrubs, especially of the genera Robinia and Gleditsia; locust tree.
Questions about the plural of locust
- What is the plural of locust?
- The plural of locust is locusts.
- Is locust countable?
- Locust is a countable noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: locust (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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