locustal

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adjective

Of, or related to locusts.

OriginProto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← English locust ← Middle English locuste →
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Meanings

adjectivelocustal (not comparable)
  1. not comparablerareOf, or related to locusts.

    It would indeed be easy to multiply modern authorities respecting locustal food; one more authority shall suffice, from which it will appear that the Arabs make a sort of locust bread.

    1843, Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*lek-der.?
  2. Latinlocusta
  3. Anglo-Normanlocuste
  4. Middle Englishlocuste
  5. Englishlocust
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  8. Englishlocustal

From locust + -al.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

locustal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/locustal

MLA

“locustal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/locustal. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “locustal,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/locustal.

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