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ladybird en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈleɪ.di.bɝd/ (US)
• /ˈleɪ.di.bəːd/ (UK)
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Etymology

From lady + bird. Lady here refers to the Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus. Compare German Marienkäfer (literally “Mary beetle or bug”), Danish mariehøne, Latvian mārīte, Macedonian бубамара (bubamara) and Spanish mariquita. Also compare damselfly.

Meanings

1. (Commonwealth) Any of the Coccinellidae family of beetles, typically having a round shape and red or yellow spotted elytra.
   • A huge group of ladybirds has caused weather experts in San Diego, USA, to be very confused. 2019 June 6, “A gaggle, a confusion and a conspiracy - bizarre animal collective group names”, in BBC:
   • 1927, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Edward Everett Hale, and William Byron Forbush (editors), Childhood′s Favorites and Fairy Stories: The Young Folks Treasury, Volume 1, Gutenberg eBook #19993, Lady-bird, lady-bird, fly away home, / Thy house is on fire, thy children all gone: / All but one whose name is Ann, / And she crept under the pudding-pan.
   • 1976 September 30, Denis Owen, Ladybird, ladybird, fly away home, New Scientist, page 686, Ladybirds, unlike most beetles, enjoy considerable popularity: they are attractive to look at and are well-known as useful predators of aphids—the greenfly and blackfly that destroy garden plants and crops.
   • 2008, John L. Capinera, Encyclopedia of Entomology, Springer-Verlag New York, 2nd Edition, page 2130, Perhaps it was a sense of lack of effectiveness of native ladybirds in rapid and complete control of aphid infestations that led to attempts to import additional aphid-feeding ladybird species into North America.
   • 1914, Entomological Society of America, Annals of the Entomological Society of America, Volume 7, page 81, During this time, they eat about 825 Toxoptera per ladybird, making an average of about twenty-five per day to each ladybird.

Forms

Deriveds

yellow-shouldered ladybird · ladybird beetle · harlequin ladybird · ladybird spider · large leaf-eating ladybird

Synonyms

ladybug · bishy barnabee · ladycow · lady fly · lady beetle

Translations (170)

uz xonqizi (member of Coccinellidae) · li slivvenhierebieske (member of Coccinellidae) · es sananica (member of Coccinellidae) · th เต่าทอง (member of Coccinellidae) · scn papuzzedda (member of Coccinellidae) · kk ханқызы (member of Coccinellidae) · sq burbuqe (member of Coccinellidae) · ro mămăruță (member of Coccinellidae) · mt nannakola (member of Coccinellidae) · yi משה רבינוס קיִעלע (member of Coccinellidae) · be каро́ўка-баго́ўка (member of Coccinellidae) · eu txantxangorti (member of Coccinellidae) · sq buburezë (member of Coccinellidae) · chr ᏄᎾ ᎦᎵᏙᎯ (member of Coccinellidae) · nv naadą́ą́ʼ biyaʼ (member of Coccinellidae) · ga bóín Dé (member of Coccinellidae) · no marifly (member of Coccinellidae) · gl maruxiña (member of Coccinellidae) · nv chʼosh łitsxooí (member of Coccinellidae) · afb اُم عَلِي (member of Coccinellidae) · cs sluníčko (member of Coccinellidae) · ia coccinella (member of Coccinellidae) · sv nyckelpiga (member of Coccinellidae) · ja 天道虫 (member of Coccinellidae) · mi ngoikura (member of Coccinellidae) · nrf paqu'nôte (member of Coccinellidae) · li smaajtwörmke (member of Coccinellidae) · yi משה רבנוס פֿערדעלע (member of Coccinellidae) · sh бубамара (member of Coccinellidae) · af skilpadkewer (member of Coccinellidae) · ota قفتان بوجكی (member of Coccinellidae) · nds-de Sünnenküken (member of Coccinellidae) · fi leppäpirkko (member of Coccinellidae) · ja テントウムシ (member of Coccinellidae) · vi cánh cam (member of Coccinellidae) · sh bubamara (member of Coccinellidae) · sl pikapolonica (member of Coccinellidae) · eu martingorri (member of Coccinellidae) · kix thōngkōi-îenyù (member of Coccinellidae) · eu maritxuteiletako (member of Coccinellidae) · de Marienkäfer (member of Coccinellidae) · pa ਬੀਰ ਵਹੁਟੀ (member of Coccinellidae) · az uçağan (member of Coccinellidae) · es chinita (member of Coccinellidae) · gd daolag bhreac dhearg (member of Coccinellidae) · ru бо́жья коро́вка (member of Coccinellidae) · hi सोनपाखरा (member of Coccinellidae) · rsk божа катичка (member of Coccinellidae) · ro gărgăriță (member of Coccinellidae) · es mariquita (member of Coccinellidae) · bg божа́ кра́вичка (member of Coccinellidae) · yi גאָטס בהמהלע (member of Coccinellidae) · is maríuhæna (member of Coccinellidae) · kw bughik Dhuw (member of Coccinellidae) · id kepik (member of Coccinellidae) · es santanita (member of Coccinellidae) · uk бо́жа корі́вка (member of Coccinellidae) · za nengzgoemj (member of Coccinellidae) · ast perrín de Dios (member of Coccinellidae) · es San Antonio (member of Coccinellidae) · ga bóín samhraidh (member of Coccinellidae) · eu aitasemegorri (member of Coccinellidae) · cy buwch goch gota (member of Coccinellidae) · kl aamanganiaq (member of Coccinellidae) · it coccinella (member of Coccinellidae) · mk бубамара (member of Coccinellidae) · es catarinita (member of Coccinellidae) · eu amonamantalgorri (member of Coccinellidae) · sq mollëkuqe (member of Coccinellidae) · sq shtatpikaloshe (member of Coccinellidae) · he מושית (member of Coccinellidae) · af skilpadbesie (member of Coccinellidae) · cmn 瓢蟲 /瓢虫 (member of Coccinellidae) · pl boża krówka (member of Coccinellidae) · hi सोनपंखी (member of Coccinellidae) · rm bau da Nossadunna (member of Coccinellidae) · hy զատիկ (member of Coccinellidae) · fy leavehearsbistke (member of Coccinellidae) · izh jumalanlehmä (member of Coccinellidae) · ms kumbang (member of Coccinellidae) · sq pikaloshe (member of Coccinellidae) · fa کفشدوزک (member of Coccinellidae) · ka ჭიამაია (member of Coccinellidae) · li kevelevrouwke (member of Coccinellidae) · es sarantontón (member of Coccinellidae) · aii ܒܵܛܝܼܒܵܛܘܿ (member of Coccinellidae) · nl lieveheersbeestje (member of Coccinellidae) · gv deyllag vreck (member of Coccinellidae) · cs beruška (member of Coccinellidae) · sq buburizë (member of Coccinellidae) · bg кали́нка-мали́нка (member of Coccinellidae) · chy mȯhenėšēmo (member of Coccinellidae) · yue 瓢蟲 /瓢虫 (member of Coccinellidae) · ar دُعْسُوقَة (member of Coccinellidae) · eu katalingorri (member of Coccinellidae) · eu mainaminagorri (member of Coccinellidae) · eu marimontaña (member of Coccinellidae) · tl marikita (member of Coccinellidae) · az papıştikən (member of Coccinellidae) · li keveleersbieske (member of Coccinellidae) · az xanımböcəyi (member of Coccinellidae) · br buoc'hig-Doue (member of Coccinellidae) · tr gelin böceği (member of Coccinellidae) · cv уяр (member of Coccinellidae) · eu marigorringo (member of Coccinellidae) · frr goodshenk (member of Coccinellidae) · et lepatriinu (member of Coccinellidae) · gsw Mariiechääferli (member of Coccinellidae) · fr coccinelle (member of Coccinellidae) · fi leppäkerttu (member of Coccinellidae) · az ملا قوشى (member of Coccinellidae) · pdt Howapieetje (member of Coccinellidae) · hi सुररखी (member of Coccinellidae) · gl xoaniña (member of Coccinellidae) · hu katicabogár (member of Coccinellidae) · lld chëifer dla Madona (member of Coccinellidae) · mk божа кравица (member of Coccinellidae) · yi משה רבנוס בהמהלע (member of Coccinellidae) · vi bọ rùa (member of Coccinellidae) · ug خانقىز (member of Coccinellidae) · gl costureiriña (member of Coccinellidae) · da mariehøne (member of Coccinellidae) · lb Himmelsdéierchen (member of Coccinellidae) · ko 무당벌레 (member of Coccinellidae) · rsk богова катичка (member of Coccinellidae) · he פרת משה רבינו (member of Coccinellidae) · sq nuse pashke (member of Coccinellidae) · ast See Thesaurus:perrín de Dios (member of Coccinellidae) · az xallı bəzək (member of Coccinellidae) · eu solisotaña (member of Coccinellidae) · ca marieta (member of Coccinellidae) · el πασχαλίτσα (member of Coccinellidae) · af liewenheersbesie (member of Coccinellidae) · acw دعسوقة (member of Coccinellidae) · no marihøne (member of Coccinellidae) · unm tahkòxtët muxwès (member of Coccinellidae) · sk lienka (member of Coccinellidae) · cs slunéčko (member of Coccinellidae) · eu andremari (member of Coccinellidae) · ga bó shamhraidh (member of Coccinellidae) · mi mumutawa (member of Coccinellidae) · crh sırlı böcek (member of Coccinellidae) · gl voaniña (member of Coccinellidae) · lt boružė (member of Coccinellidae) · az mollaquşu (member of Coccinellidae) · tk kekene (member of Coccinellidae) · lv mārīte (member of Coccinellidae) · pl biedronka (member of Coccinellidae) · eu amagorri (member of Coccinellidae) · tr hanım böceği (member of Coccinellidae) · ro buburuză (member of Coccinellidae) · eo kokcinelo (member of Coccinellidae) · tyv бичии доос-кара (member of Coccinellidae) · zu umanqulwana (member of Coccinellidae) · gl papasol (member of Coccinellidae) · uk со́нечко (member of Coccinellidae) · tr uğur böceği (member of Coccinellidae) · kea juaninha (member of Coccinellidae) · bg кали́нка (member of Coccinellidae) · pt joaninha (member of Coccinellidae) · es vaquita de San Antonio (member of Coccinellidae) · lkt wablúluta (member of Coccinellidae) · az parabüzən (member of Coccinellidae) · km អណ្ដើកមាស (member of Coccinellidae) · eo mariskarabo (member of Coccinellidae) · gl reirrei (member of Coccinellidae) · ota خانم بوجكی (member of Coccinellidae) · th แมลงเต่าทอง (member of Coccinellidae) · sk pánbožkova kravička (member of Coccinellidae) · is maríubjalla (member of Coccinellidae)

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