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LADYBEETLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ladybeetle mean?
• LADYBEETLE (noun)
The noun LADYBEETLE has 1 sense:
1. small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests
Familiarity information: LADYBEETLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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 ("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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