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Definition of Rocky Mountain locust

Rocky Mountain locust
Rocky Rock"y, a. 1. Full of, or abounding in, rocks; consisting of rocks; as, a rocky mountain; a rocky shore. 2. Like a rock; as, the rocky orb of a shield. --Milton. 3. Fig.: Not easily impressed or affected; hard; unfeeling; obdurate; as, a rocky bosom. --Shak. Rocky Mountain locust (Zo["o]l.), the Western locust, or grasshopper. See Grasshopper. Rocky Mountain sheep. (Zo["o]l.) See Bighorn.

Meaning of Rocky Mountain locust from wikipedia

- The Rocky Mountain locust (Melanoplus spretus) is an extinct species of gr****hopper that ranged through the western half of the United States and some...
- Library Premium 2005 DVD. Rocky Mountain Locust. Ryckman, Lisa Levitt (22 June 1999). "The great locust mystery". Rocky Mountain News. Archived from the...
- America Melanoplus spretus – Rocky Mountain locust of North America (now extinct) Nomadacris septemfasciata – Red locust of southern and south central...
- The Locust Plague of 1874, or the Gr****hopper Plague of 1874, occurred in the summer of 1874 when hordes of Rocky Mountain locusts invaded the Great Plains...
- Moroccan locust, Dociostaurus marocc**** Red locust, Nomadacris septemfasciata Rocky Mountain locust, Melanoplus spretus – extinct Sahelian tree locusts, Anacridium...
- Locust swarms have been recorded throughout history. Those which have their own Wikipedia articles are listed here, but there are many more notable ones...
- rare, the species is still extant, unlike the Rocky Mountain locust, the only other species of locust found in North America. "NatureServe Explorer 2...
- Albert's swarm was an immense concentration of the Rocky Mountain locust that swarmed the Western United States in 1875. It was named after Albert Child...
- notable agricultural pest gr****hoppers belong here, including the Rocky Mountain locust, the most significant insect pest of the 19th century Great Plains...
- the gr****hoppers were of the extinct species Melanoplus spretus (Rocky Mountain locust), known to have existed at least up to the beginning of the 20th...