Rocky Mountain locust — Conservation status Extinct (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
rocky mountain locust — noun see rocky mountain grasshopper * * * a migratory locust, Melanoplus spretus, that occurs in North America, esp. the Great Plains, where swarms cause great damage to crops and other vegetation. Also called Rocky Mountain grasshopper. [1875 80 … Useful english dictionary
Rocky Mountain locust — a migratory locust, Melanoplus spretus, that occurs in North America, esp. the Great Plains, where swarms cause great damage to crops and other vegetation. Also called Rocky Mountain grasshopper. [1875 80, Amer.] * * * … Universalium
Rocky Mountain sheep — Rocky Rock y, a. 1. Full of, or abounding in, rocks; consisting of rocks; as, a rocky mountain; a rocky shore. [1913 Webster] 2. Like a rock; as, the rocky orb of a shield. Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. Fig.: Not easily impressed or affected; hard;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
rocky mountain grasshopper — noun or rocky mountain locust Usage: usually capitalized R&M : a No. American grasshopper (Melanoplus spretus) … Useful english dictionary
Rocky — Rock y, a. 1. Full of, or abounding in, rocks; consisting of rocks; as, a rocky mountain; a rocky shore. [1913 Webster] 2. Like a rock; as, the rocky orb of a shield. Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. Fig.: Not easily impressed or affected; hard;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Locust — For other uses, see Locust (disambiguation). Desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria: male (on top) and female (below) mating Locusts are the swarming phase of short horned grasshoppers of the family Acrididae. These are species that can breed… … Wikipedia
locust — locustlike, adj. /loh keuhst/, n. 1. Also called acridid, short horned grasshopper. any of several grasshoppers of the family Acrididae, having short antennae and commonly migrating in swarms that strip the vegetation from large areas. 2. any of… … Universalium
Rocky Knob (Georgia) — For other peaks or mountains called Rocky Knob, see Rocky Knob. For other mountains named Rocky Mountain, see Rocky Mountain Rocky Knob is a name used to describe eight different mountain peaks located in the North Georgia mountains that are… … Wikipedia
locust — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. dog day cicada, short horned grasshopper, migratory grasshopper, beetle; see grasshopper , insect . Locusts include: Rocky Mountain, western cricket, stone cricket, Mormon cricket, seventeen year, migratory, clumsy, bald,… … English dictionary for students
