βροῦκος

A. locust, or its wingless larva (Ionic acc. to Hsch.), Thphr. Fr. 174.4; βροῦχος LXX Le. 11.22, al., Ph. 1.85, Lyd. Ost. 56; collective in sg., Heph.Astr. 1.20; Cypr. βροῦκα, Hsch.; βρεῦκος (Cret. acc. to Hsch.), prob.as sobriquet in Herod. 2.73.