飛ひ蝗こう

noun

locust swarm; swarming locusts

Refers to a large group of locusts in flight or the phenomenon of locust swarming. The reading ひこう is more formal or technical; とびばった is the common colloquial reading.

• アフリカでは飛ひ蝗こうが農のう作さく物ぶつに大おおきな被ひ害がいを与あたえた。

  In Africa, locust swarms caused great damage to crops.

• とびばったが空そらを覆おおうように飛とんでいた。

  The swarming locusts were flying as if covering the sky.