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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. 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.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A ladybird: the more common name in the United States and in some parts of England.

Wiktionary

  1. n. North America any beetle of the Coccinellidae family of beetles, typically having a round shape and a colorful shell.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. (Zoöl.) Same as ladybird.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests

Etymologies

  1. From lady +‎ bug, the “lady” here referring to Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus. Compare German Marienkäfer. (Wiktionary)
  2. Probably from its seven spots being considered a symbol of the seven sorrows of the Virgin Mary. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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