| Loculus | n.; pl. Loculi [ L., little place, a compartment. ] 1. (Zool.) One of the spaces between the septa in the Anthozoa. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Bot.) One of the compartments of a several-celled ovary; loculament. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Locus | n.; pl. Loci & Loca [ L., place. Cf. Allow, Couch, Lieu, Local. ] 1. A place; a locality. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Math.) The line traced by a point which varies its position according to some determinate law; the surface described by a point or line that moves according to a given law. [ 1913 Webster ]
Plane locus, a locus that is a straight line, or a circle. --
Solid locus, a locus that is one of the conic sections. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| Locust | n. [ L. locusta locust, grasshopper. Cf. Lobster. ] 1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of long-winged, migratory, orthopterous insects, of the family Acrididæ, allied to the grasshoppers; esp., (Edipoda migratoria, syn. Pachytylus migratoria, and Acridium perigrinum, of Southern Europe, Asia, and Africa. In the United States the related species with similar habits are usually called grasshoppers. See Grasshopper. [ 1913 Webster ] ☞ These insects are at times so numerous in Africa and the south of Asia as to devour every green thing; and when they migrate, they fly in an immense cloud. In the United States the harvest flies are improperly called locusts. See Cicada. [ 1913 Webster ]
Locust beetle (Zool.), a longicorn beetle (Cyllene robiniæ), which, in the larval state, bores holes in the wood of the locust tree. Its color is brownish black, barred with yellow. Called also locust borer. --
Locust bird (Zool.) the rose-colored starling or pastor of India. See Pastor. --
Locust hunter (Zool.), an African bird; the beefeater. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. [ Etymol. uncertain. ] (Bot.) The locust tree. See Locust Tree (definition, note, and phrases). [ 1913 Webster ]
Locust bean (Bot.), a commercial name for the sweet pod of the carob tree. [ 1913 Webster ]
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