- Locust (disambiguation)
Locust can refer to:
In nature
* The
locust , a swarming grasshopper.
* Thecicada , often referred to as a seven-year locust.
* Themagicicada , often referred to as a 13-year or 17-year locust.
* Various plants, especially of the generaGleditsia andRobinia :
** Thehoney locust , a leguminous tree with pods having a sweet edible pulp.
** Theblack locust , a leguminous tree with toxic pods but useful as a source of nectar for bees for honey making.
** Thelocust bean , the fruit of the carob tree.In music
*
The Locust , a US noise-rock band from California.
*Locust (musician) , an alias of electronic artistMark Van Hoen from Touch Records.
*Locust Music , a Chicago based record label.
* "Locust", a song bya-ha from their 1993 album "Memorial Beach ".
* "Locust Abortion Technician ", an album by theButthole Surfers .Others
* "", a 2005 horror movie.
*Locust (community) , a pioneering SMS chat community in the UK.
* TheLocust (car) , a kit car inspired by the Lotus 7.
* TheM22 Locust , a light tank.
*Locust, North Carolina is a place in Stanly County; the zip code is 28097.
*Locust Horde , the main enemy force in theXbox 360 third-person shooter video game "Gears of War " byEpic Games .
*Locust (mech) is a smallmech in theMechwarrior used mostly forrecon .
*Locust (private equity) , from the German "Heuschrecke" pioneered by Socialist Franz Müntefering, describingPrivate Equity firms, who fly onto companies and eat them up like locusts.
*Locust (software) is an open source search engine software [http://sourceforge.net/projects/locust] .Distinguish from
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