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Word: schistocerca (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) is a hairy, six-legged, doublejawed grasshopper whose behavior has been exasperation and puzzling mankind ever since his appearance in Exodus as one of the ten plagues inflicted on Egypt by a wrathful Jehovah. Much of the time he is a normal grasshopper, evenly dispersed and foraging alone. Then suddenly, and at unpredictable intervals, he turns into a mob, blackening the skies like a tornado...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Plagues: The Manic Locust | 9/5/1969 | See Source »

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