G200Greeklocust
locust
a locust (as pointed, or as lighting on the top of vegetation)
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Detailed Definition
- 1a locust, particularly that species which especially infests middle eastern countries, stripping fields and trees
Etymology & Derivation
apparently from the same as g0206
Scholarly Notes
numberless swarms of them almost every spring are carried by the wind from arabia into palestine, and having devastated that country, migrate to regions farther north, until they perish by falling into the sea. middle easterners were accustomed to feed upon locusts, either raw or roasted and seasoned with salt (or prepared in other ways), and the israelites also were permitted to eat them.