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Locust (disambiguation)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Locust can refer to:

In nature

• The locust, a swarming grasshopper.
• The cicada, often referred to as a seven-year locust.
• The magicicada, often referred to as a 13-year or 17-year locust.
• Various plants, especially of the genera Gleditsia and Robinia:
  • The honey locust, a leguminous tree with pods having a sweet edible pulp.
  • The black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia), a leguminous tree with toxic pods but useful as a source of nectar for bees for honey making.
  • The locust bean, the fruit of the carob tree.

In music

• The Locust, a US noise-rock band from California.
• Locust (musician), an alias of electronic artist Mark Van Hoen from Touch Records.
• Locust Music, a Chicago based record label.
• “Locust”, a song by a-ha from their 1993 album Memorial Beach.
• Locust Abortion Technician, an album by the Butthole Surfers.

Others

• Locusts: The 8th Plague, a 2005 horror movie.
• Locust (community), a pioneering SMS chat community in the UK.
• The Locust (car), a kit car inspired by the Lotus 7.
• The M22 Locust, a light tank.
• Locust, North Carolina is a place in Stanly County; the zip code is 28097.
• Locust Horde, the main enemy force in the Xbox 360 third-person shooter video game Gears of War by Epic Games.
• Locust (mech) is a small mech in the Mechwarrior used mostly for recon.
• Locust (financial), from the German “Heuschrecke”, left-wing terminology for financial investors.
• Locust (software) is an open source search engine software [1].

Distinguish from

• locus