"Acridophagi" meaning in All languages combined

See Acridophagi on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Etymology: The plural of Latin acridophagus, from Ancient Greek ἀκρίς (akrís, “locust”) + φάγος (phágos). Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|la|acridophagus|notext=1}} Latin acridophagus, {{lbor|en|grc|ἀκρίς||locust|notext=1}} Ancient Greek ἀκρίς (akrís, “locust”) Head templates: {{en-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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