ladybird
/ (ˈleɪdɪˌbɜːd) /
any of various small brightly coloured beetles of the family Coccinellidae, such as Adalia bipunctata (two-spotted ladybird), which has red elytra marked with black spots: Usual US and Canadian name: ladybug
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How to use ladybird in a sentence
But then the biggest danger we faced was tripping over the occasional turtle that clambered out of ladybird Lake.
Most important of these is the natural enemy of the orange-tree scale, the ladybug, or ladybird beetle.
A Civic Biology | George William HunterA ladybird beetle, which has also been imported, is the most effective agent in keeping this pest in check.
A Civic Biology | George William HunterPerhaps this is heightened by the contrast between the pretty, trim form of the ladybird and the ugliness of the assassin bug.
Book of Monsters | David Fairchild and Marian Hubbard (Bell) FairchildA Prussian ladybird rhyme also mentions the boat that sailed across heaven.
Comparative Studies in Nursery Rhymes | Lina Eckenstein
It may linger still in the "beeship" of our rhymes, and in the "Khnchen" of the corresponding German ladybird rhyme.
Comparative Studies in Nursery Rhymes | Lina Eckenstein
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