LADY BEETLE

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

lady beetle; ladybeetle; ladybird; ladybird beetle; ladybug

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("lady beetle" 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 "lady beetle"):

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 ("lady beetle" is a member of...):

Coccinellidae; family Coccinellidae (the ladybugs)