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    LADYBEETLE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    lady beetle; ladybeetle; ladybird; ladybird beetle; ladybug

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("ladybeetle" 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 "ladybeetle"):

    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 ("ladybeetle" is a member of...):

    Coccinellidae; family Coccinellidae (the ladybugs)

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