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Meanings of lady-bug in English

Any of the Coccinellidae family of beetles, having a round shape and a red or yellow spotted shell.

Usage of lady-bug in English
1
All afternoon the flight continued, but by nightfall there wasn't a lady-bug in sight.
Out of Doors—California and Oregon
2
Why not even the tiny, turtle-shaped, yellow-back'd, black-spotted lady-bug that has lit on the shirt-sleeve of the arm inditing this?
Complete Prose Works / Specimen Days and Collect, November Bough...
3
Nearby two gingham sunbonnets bobbed up and down as their owners bent their heads to watch a speckled lady-bug crawl up a twig.
Dickey Downy: The Autobiography of a Bird
4
When we reached the Soda Springs, we met the most remarkable migration of red lady-bugs that I ever saw.
Out of Doors—California and Oregon
5
We may discover lady-bugs-small red or yellow and black beetles-amongour vines, and many persons, I fear, will destroy them with the rest.
The Home Acre
6
"You wouldn't really have killed the poor thing, though," exclaimed Alice, who had drawn near to look at the crimson lady-bug.
Dickey Downy: The Autobiography of a Bird