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LADYBUG

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Dictionary entry overview: What does ladybug mean?

• LADYBUG (noun)
The noun LADYBUG has 1 sense:

1. small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests

Familiarity information: LADYBUG used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• LADYBUG (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

lady beetle; ladybeetle; ladybird; ladybird beetle; ladybug

Hypernyms ("ladybug" is a kind of...):

beetle (insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ladybug"):

Adalia bipunctata; two-spotted ladybug (red ladybug with a black spot on each wing)

bean beetle; Epilachna varivestis; Mexican bean beetle (introduced into the United States from Mexico; feeds on the foliage of the bean plant)

Hippodamia convergens (a variety of ladybug)

Rodolia cardinalis; vedalia (native to Australia; introduced elsewhere to control scale insects)

Holonyms ("ladybug" is a member of...):

Coccinellidae; family Coccinellidae (the ladybugs)

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