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Meanings of lady-birds in English

Russian
coccinellidae
Portuguese
coccinellidae
Spanish
coccinelido
Catalan
marieta
Wikidata

Family of insects.

      Related terms
      coccinellidae
      Synonyms
      Examples for "cleopatra"
      Examples for "cleopatra"
      1
      Possible Cleopatra, without a diadem: © The Trustees of the British Museum
      Cleopatra: a life
      2
      It was one I knew Cleopatra to have set great store by.
      The Memoirs of Cleopatra
      3
      I knew how Cleopatra must be feeling; and I dared not speak.
      It Happened in Egypt
      4
      The abominations of the banquets of Belshazzar and Cleopatra were re-enacted there.
      Clarimonde
      5
      I found Queen Cleopatra in a state of disarray, overcome with grief.
      Lily of the Nile
      1
      However, the ladybird disdained the insect, and flew away among the flowers.
      Chatterbox, 1906
      2
      Something crept across Amrei's face; she brushed it off-itwas a ladybird.
      The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, V...
      3
      The youngest is she who will have a ladybird on her eyelid.
      The Grey Fairy Book
      4
      She had as little spiritual pride as a ladybird or an ant.
      Fan : The Story of a Young Girl's Life
      5
      And Milica the ladybird trips her way down to us too.
      How the soldier repairs the gramophone
      1
      Further surveys of Coccinellidae and other insects are required for the islands of Chile, especially for several of them in which there are no records.
      Pubmed
      1
      Fly away and don't you harm my friend, the busy lady bug!
      Uncle Wiggily's Travels
      2
      And, would you believe it, they started right toward the house of the poor busy lady bug, who was fast asleep.
      Uncle Wiggily's Travels
      3
      Lady bugs are our garden friends, destroying multitudes of aphides.
      Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 / Embracing the Tra...
      4
      My Lady Bug is Ireland's first monthly "period subscription service".
      The Irish Times
      5
      Why, where have you been, Lady Bug?
      Sandman's Goodnight Stories
      1
      His aerial springs lustily to attention when he sees a lady Beetle.
      The Irish Times
      2
      Lady beetles are congregating in a corner of a ceiling in this photo courtesy of University of Tennessee released to Reuters on November 6, 2013.
      Reuters
      1
      Consider a ladybird beetle's brood.
      The Red Queen
      2
      Aphidophagous predators such as hoverfly and ladybird beetles are effective biological agents to control aphid pests in perennial and annual cultivated species.
      Pubmed
      1
      I do not deal in"- asuddendimpled grin spread over her face-"coccinellids.
      Blameless
      Usage of lady-birds in English
      1
      Somehow, you've given me the impression she's just one of these lady-birds.
      The Sisters-In-Law: A Novel of Our Time
      2
      These letters have been falling about like a shower of lady-birds.
      Bleak House
      3
      And now, my lady-birds, who else shall we invite to the house party?
      Grace Harlowe's Plebe Year at High School / The Merry Doings of ...
      4
      Now the lady-birds are also fond of the aphides, and eat them up by hundreds.
      The Nursery, Number 164 / A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Reader...
      5
      The lady-birds (one of which is shown in Fig.
      Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) / A Practical Guide to the ...