noun
native to Australia; introduced elsewhere to control scale insects
• Syn: ↑Rodolia cardinalis
• Hypernyms: ↑ladybug, ↑ladybeetle, ↑lady beetle, ↑ladybird, ↑ladybird beetle
• Member Holonyms: ↑Rodolia, ↑genus Rodolia, ↑genus Vedalia
Useful english dictionary. 2012.