locustlike

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adjective

Resembling or characteristic of a locust.

OriginProto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English locust →
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Meanings

adjectivelocustlike (comparative more locustlike, superlative most locustlike)

comparative more locustlike · superlative most locustlike

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a locust.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*lek-der.?
  2. Latinlocusta
  3. Anglo-Normanlocuste
  4. Middle Englishlocuste
  5. Englishlocust
  6. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  7. Proto-Germanic*līką
  8. Englishlocustlike

From locust + -like.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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