Crop-Eating Grasshopper in a Swarm

This page is the CodyCross answer for the clue below from Australia, Group 1002, Puzzle 4 (Lamingtons).

Question

Crop-Eating Grasshopper in a Swarm

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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