Locust vs. Cricket

Locust vs. Cricket — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Locust and Cricket

Locustnoun

Any of the grasshoppers, usually swarming, in the family Acrididae that are very destructive to crops and other vegetation.

Cricketnoun

An insect in the order Orthoptera, especially family Gryllidae, that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wing casings against combs on its hind legs.

Locustnoun

especially, the migratory locust (Locusta migratoria)

Cricketnoun

In the form crickets: absolute silence; no communication.

Locustnoun

(Schistocerca americana) (does not swarm)

Cricketnoun

A wooden footstool.

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Locustnoun

(Chortoicetes terminifera)

Cricketnoun

A signalling device used by soldiers in hostile territory to identify themselves to a friendly in low visibility conditions.

Locustnoun

(Nomadacris succincta)

Cricketnoun

A relatively small area of a roof constructed to divert water from a horizontal intersection of the roof with a chimney, wall, expansion joint or other projection.

Locustnoun

(Locustana pardalina)

Cricketnoun

(sports) A game played outdoors with bats and a ball between two teams of eleven, popular in England and many Commonwealth countries.

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Locustnoun

(Schistocerca gregaria)

Cricketnoun

An act that is fair and sportsmanlike, derived from the sport.

That player's foul wasn't cricket!

Locustnoun

(Calliptamus italicus)

Cricketverb

To play the game of cricket.

Locustnoun

(Dociostaurus maroccanus)

Cricketnoun

leaping insect; male makes chirping noises by rubbing the forewings together

Locustnoun

(Nomadacris septemfasciata)

Cricketnoun

a game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players; teams take turns trying to score runs

Locustnoun

(Melanoplus spretus) – extinct

Cricketverb

play cricket

Locustnoun

(Austracris guttulosa) - Australia

Locustnoun

(Anacridium spp.)

Locustnoun

A locust tree.

Locustverb

(intransitive) To come in a swarm.

Locustnoun

migratory grasshoppers of warm regions having short antennae

Locustnoun

hardwood from any of various locust trees

Locustnoun

any of various hard-wooded trees of the family Leguminosae