noun
the ladybugs
• Syn: ↑family Coccinellidae
• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Coleoptera, ↑order Coleoptera
• Member Meronyms:
↑ladybug, ↑ladybeetle, ↑lady beetle, ↑ladybird, ↑ladybird beetle, ↑Adalia, ↑genus Adalia, ↑Epilachna, ↑genus Epilachna, ↑Hippodamia, ↑genus Hippodamia, ↑Rodolia, ↑genus Rodolia, ↑genus Vedalia
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\\-ˈneləˌdē\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
: a family of small usually hemispherical beetles that are known as ladybugs and that have larvae which are mostly beneficial predators of aphids and other small insects — compare mexican bean beetle
Useful english dictionary. 2012.