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Locust vs Orthoptera - What's the difference?

locust | orthoptera |

As nouns the difference between locust and orthoptera

is that locust is a type of grasshopper in the family acrididae that flies in swarms and is very destructive to crops and other vegetation while orthoptera is any of very many four-winged insects, of the order orthoptera , such as grasshoppers, crickets and locusts.

locust

English

(wikipedia locust)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A type of grasshopper in the family Acrididae that flies in swarms and is very destructive to crops and other vegetation.
  • A locust tree.
  • Usage notes

    * sometimes confused with locus

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    orthoptera

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of very many four-winged insects, of the order Orthoptera , such as grasshoppers, crickets and locusts