Acridophagi

See also: acridophagi

English

Etymology

The plural of Latin acridophagus, from Ancient Greek ἀκρίς (akrís, “locust”) + φάγος (phágos).

Proper noun

Acridophagi

  1. A supposed locust-eating people in ancient ethnography, located by Diodorus Siculus, Jerome, Pliny the Elder, and Strabo, variously in Ethiopia, Libya, or Parthia.
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