Plague insect that destroys crops and fields crossword clue answers

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PLAGUE INSECT THAT DESTROYS CROPS AND FIELDS 6 Letters
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- LOCUST
locust definition
• Any of the grasshoppers, often polyphenic and usually swarming, in the family Acrididae that are very destructive to crops and other vegetation, (especially) the migratory locust (Locusta migratoria).
• A fruit or pod of the carob tree.
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