Locust in Tagalog

What is the translation of word Locust in Tagalog/Filipino ?

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Defenition of word Locust

• a large and mainly tropical grasshopper with strong powers of flight. It is usually solitary, but from time to time there is a population explosion, and it migrates in vast swarms that cause extensive damage to crops.
• the large edible pod of some plants of the pea family, in particular the carob bean, which is said to resemble a locust.
• any of a number of pod-bearing trees of the pea family, in particular the carob tree and the black locust.

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Other meanings of Locust

• NOUN

  lukton grasshopper hopper locust
  balang locust

Examples

Vast swarms of locusts have swept over South Sulawesi in the past few days, destroying rice and secondary crops.