An Insect Inflicted on Egypt as a Biblical Plague

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Question

An Insect Inflicted on Egypt as a Biblical Plague

Answer

LOCUST

Word Meaning:

LOCUST — Any of the grasshoppers, often polyphenic and usually swarming, in the family Acrididae that are very destructive to crops and other vegetation, especially migratory locusts (Locusta migratoria).

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