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locustal en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lek-der.? Latin locusta Anglo-Norman locustebor. Middle English locuste English locust English -al English locustal From locust + -al.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable, rare) Of, 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: