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Locust
Locust: grasshoppers (Acrididae) that transform via density-triggered phase change into swarming gregarious bands; Desert Locust (Schistocerca gregaria) is the most destructive migratory pest, monitored and controlled by FAO's DLIS.
Locust bean gum
Locust bean gum (carob bean gum, E 410), a galactomannan from Ceratonia siliqua seed endosperm, used as thickener and stabilizer; does not gel alone but synergizes with xanthan gum and kappa-carrageenan.
Locust Laser Weapon System
The Locust Laser Weapon System (LOCUST) is a 20-kilowatt-class high-energy laser counter-drone weapon developed by BlueHalo, acquired by AeroVironment in 2025, and deployed with the U.S. Army.
Locustella
Locustella (Kaup, 1829), the grasshopper warblers, is a genus of cryptic Old World passerines in Locustellidae; type species L. naevia. Molecular phylogenies found the genus non-monophyletic, prompting revised classification and new genera such as Helopsaltes.
Locusview
Locusview is an Israeli digital construction management software company founded in 2014 in Tel Aviv and Chicago, which agreed in 2025 to a $525 million acquisition by Itron.
Lod (לוד)
Lod, also known as Lydda or al-Lud, is a mixed Jewish and Arab city in Israel, just south of Ben Gurion Airport with a population of about 96,000.
Lod Airport massacre
The Lod Airport massacre was a 30 May 1972 terrorist attack at Lod Airport (now Ben Gurion), Tel Aviv, by three Japanese Red Army gunmen acting for the PFLP, who killed about 25-26 people, many Puerto Rican pilgrims.
LOD score
The LOD score is a logarithmic statistic measuring the likelihood that two genetic loci are linked, with a score above 3 taken as evidence of linkage.
Lodash
Lodash is a JavaScript utility library providing functions for working with arrays, objects, strings, and numbers, first published on npm in 2012 under the MIT license.
Loddon Bridge disaster
The Loddon Bridge disaster was the collapse of falsework during construction of the A329 viaduct over the River Loddon at Woodley, Berkshire, on 24 October 1972, killing three workers and injuring ten.
Loddon Mallee
Loddon Mallee, Victoria's largest region, spans over a quarter of the state from Melbourne's fringe to Mildura. Ten local government areas, about 355,900 people, $22.1 billion gross regional product, Bendigo and Mildura as principal cities.
Lode Runner
Lode Runner: 1983 puzzle-platform game by Douglas E. Smith, published by Broderbund; 150 levels, Game Generator level editor, gold-collecting and hole-digging gameplay; spawned Irem arcade and Hudson Famicom versions.
Lode Wouters
Lode Wouters (Lode Alphonse Wouters, 1929–2014) was a Belgian road cyclist who won gold in the team road race and bronze in the individual road race at the 1948 London Olympics, receiving his gold medal 62 years later.
Lodestone
A lodestone is a rare piece of magnetite ore that is naturally magnetized, thought to be struck by lightning, and used for centuries to magnetize compass needles.
Lodewijk Willem Ernst Rauwenhoff
Lodewijk Willem Ernst Rauwenhoff (1828–1889) was a Dutch Protestant theologian, professor of church history and later philosophy of religion at Leiden, and a leading spokesman of the Moderne Theologie movement.
Lodge 49
Lodge 49 is a 2018-2019 AMC comedy-drama created by Jim Gavin, starring Wyatt Russell as ex-surfer Dud Dudley, who joins the Order of the Lynx fraternal lodge in Long Beach, California; canceled after two seasons.
Lodge Farm Roman villa
Lodge Farm Roman villa, North Warnborough, Odiham, Hampshire: a Romano-British villa with a substantial bathhouse, excavated by Dorothy Liddell in 1929-30, occupied mid-3rd to late-4th centuries CE; distinct from villas at Lodge Hill Farm, Bucks, and Ditchley, Oxon.
Lodger (album)
Lodger is David Bowie's thirteenth studio album, released May 1979 on RCA and produced with Tony Visconti; the final Berlin Trilogy album with Brian Eno, recorded in Montreux and New York, all-vocal, UK number 4.
Lodging
Lodging is paid overnight accommodation for travelers in hotels, motels, guesthouses, hostels, and holiday homes; UN statistics classify it as collective accommodation under common commercial management.
Lodging (Widow's Bay)
"Lodging" is episode 2 of Apple TV's 2026 comedy-horror series Widow's Bay, written by Kelly Galuska and directed by Hiro Murai, released April 29, 2026. Mayor Tom Loftis spends a haunted night in the Breakwater Inn's Captain's Suite, encountering the games Teeth and Daddy's Home and the clown ghost William.
Lodha Group
Lodha Group, formally Lodha Developers Limited and traded as Macrotech Developers until 2025, is a Mumbai-headquartered real estate developer controlled by the Lodha family, listed since 2021 and among India's largest by sales.
Lodhrān District
Lodhran District (ضلع لودھراں), Punjab, Pakistan, in Multan Division on the Sutlej; created 1 July 1991, area 2,778 sq km, three tehsils, agrarian economy with cotton and wheat.
Lodi dynasty
Lodi dynasty (1451–1526), Afghan (Ghilzai) house of the Delhi Sultanate founded by Bahlul Lodi; rulers Sikandar and Ibrahim Lodi; ended by Babur at Panipat, 1526; known for octagonal garden tombs in Delhi.
Lodi Gardens
Lodi Gardens (Lodhi Garden), New Delhi: 90-acre park inaugurated 1936 as Lady Willingdon Park, renamed after 1947; holds Sayyid and Lodi tombs including Muhammad Shah's 1444 tomb and Sikandar Lodi's tomb; redesigned 1968 by Joseph Allen Stein.
Lodi, California
Lodi, California: Central Valley city and namesake of the Lodi AVA, federally recognized 1986, about 550,000 acres with 82,000+ planted; seven sub-AVAs since 2006; known for old-vine Zinfandel, Tokay sandy loam, and LODI RULES sustainable certification.
Lodochnoye Oil and Gas Field
The Lodochnoye oil and gas field, discovered in 1985, lies in Krasnoyarsk Krai in northern Russia and has produced oil since 2017 as a Vankor cluster satellite.
Lodoicea
Lodoicea maldivica, the coco de mer or double coconut, a monotypic dioecious palm endemic to Praslin and Curieuse in the Seychelles, producing the world's largest seed and classified as endangered.
Lodovico Pico della Mirandola
Lodovico Pico della Mirandola (1668–1743) was an Italian cardinal of the dynasty that ruled Mirandola, who served the papacy for over three decades and nearly became pope in 1730.
Lodoxamide
Lodoxamide (lodoxamide tromethamine, Alomide) is a 0.1% topical ophthalmic mast cell stabilizer, dosed four times daily, for allergic conjunctivitis and vernal keratoconjunctivitis; not FDA-approved for long-term use.
Lodruva Patan Mound
Lodruva Patan Mound (Lodravapur, Ludhuva): ruined former Bhati Rajput capital 15 km from Jaisalmer, Rajasthan; ASI-protected Ancient Site with an 11th-century Jain Parsvanatha temple, torana, and Siva-linga remains.