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( éֶìֶ÷ , yelek, feeding, Joe_1:4; Joe_2:25; “caterpillar,” Psa_105:34;Jer_51:14; Jer_51:27; Sept. âñïῦ÷ïò , i.e. locust-grub; but ἀêññß , locust, in Jeremiah; Chald. ôּ øְäָà , winged locust; Syr. creeping locust) is generally referred to some hairy or caterpillar-like species of locust (Jer_51:27, ñָîִø , bristly, Auth. Ver. “rough”). Possibly it merely describes the locust in a certain stage of its growth, viz. just when it emerges from the caterpillar state and obtains the use of its wings; seeNahum 3:16,” the canker-worm has thrown of ( ôָּùִׁè , A. V. spoileth) its scales [or “expanded its wings”] and flown away ;” thus corresponding to the description by Jerome (in loc. Nab.) of the attelabus ( ἀôôÝëáâïò ), or “wingless locust” (Credner, Joel, p. 305; see Bochart, Hieroz. 2:445). SEE LOCUST.