noun
small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests
• Syn: ↑ladybug, ↑lady beetle, ↑ladybird, ↑ladybird beetle
• Hypernyms: ↑beetle
• Hyponyms:
↑two-spotted ladybug, ↑Adalia bipunctata, ↑Mexican bean beetle, ↑bean beetle, ↑Epilachna varivestis, ↑Hippodamia convergens, ↑vedalia, ↑Rodolia cardinalis
• Member Holonyms: ↑Coccinellidae, ↑family Coccinellidae
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/lay"dee beet'l/, n.
ladybug.
Also, lady beetle.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.