Ladybug

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  • noun. Any of numerous small, rounded, usually colorful beetles of the family Coccinellidae, often reddish with black spots and feeding primarily on other insects, including pests such as scale insects and aphids.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A ladybird: the more common name in the United States and in some parts of England.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Same as ladybird.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. any beetle of the Coccinellidae family of beetles, typically having a round shape and a colorful shell.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests
    • Word Usage
    ""And there's the very useful little beetle we call the ladybug, which is not a bug, but a beetle."
    cross-reference
    australian ladybug  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    beetle  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    Mexican bean beetle  adalia bipunctata  bean beetle  epilachna varivestis  hippodamia convergens  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    bola  bright-green  brightly-coloured  bronze-green  chocolate-brown  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    lady beetle  lady-beetle  ladybeetle  
    variant
    ladybird  
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