ladybug

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The pig stands for prosperity as well as health, whereas the four-leaf clover and the ladybug are symbols of luck.

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  1. noun Any of numerous small, rounded, usually brightly colored beetles of the family Coccinellidae, often reddish with black spots and feeding primarily on insect pests, such as scale insects and aphids. Also called lady beetle, ladybird.

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  • "C'mon, ladybug, before my gumball runs the battery down Your what My gumball," he repeated, spacing the syllables. —  Ledbetter, Suzann - North of Clever
  • It could have been a ladybug, it could have been a tomato, or a red red lipstick-red dragon of fire. —  InterzoneScienceFictionandFantasyMagazine#213
  • The pig stands for prosperity as well as health, whereas the four-leaf clover and the ladybug are symbols of luck. —  Babies Online - The Blog
  • I remember it was drizzling outside and that he was wearing his Army uniform and that he had a box of chocolates for my mother that was designed to look like a ladybug. —  Metro Weekly (Newspaper Magazine of Gay and Lesbian DC)
  • I wish I heard it last week when I saw a ladybug, maybe in Bethel or it could have been in Anchorage. —  Grassroots Science
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  1. Probably from its seven spots being considered a symbol of the seven sorrows of the Virgin Mary.
 

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/ˈleɪdɪbəg/
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