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LADYBIRD

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 I. (noun) 

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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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("ladybird" 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 "ladybird"):

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

Coccinellidae; family Coccinellidae (the ladybugs)

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 Context examples: 

Overall, the study found that doubling ladybird density increased incomes by approximately US$100 per hectare per year.

(Study estimates true value of ladybird as biocontrol, SciDev.Net)