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Locust Bird

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A native of Khorässan (Persia), so fond of the water of the Bird Fountain, between Shiraz and Ispahan, that it will follow wherever it is carried.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Locofocos
Locomotive, or Locomotive Engine
Locomotive Power
Locrin or Locrine
Locum Tenens (Latin)
Locus Delicti
Locus in quo (Latin)
Locus Pœnitentiæ. (Latin.)
Locus Sigilli or L. S
Locus Standi (Latin)
Locust Bird
Locusts
Locusta
Lode
Lodestar
Lodestone or Loadstone
Lodona
Loegria or Logres
Log
Log-board
Log-book