Meaning of Ladybird | Babel Free
ˈleɪ.di.bəːdDefinitions
Any of the Coccinellidae family of beetles, typically having a round shape and red or yellow spotted elytra.
Equivalents
Беларуская
каро́ўка-баго́ўка
Català
marieta
Dansk
mariehøne
Deutsch
Marienkäfer
Esperanto
kokcinelo
Español
catarinita
chinita
mariquita
San Antonio
sananica
santanita
sarantontón
vaquita de San Antonio
Eesti
lepatriinu
فارسی
کفشدوزک
Français
Coccinelle
Gàidhlig
daolag bhreac dhearg
עברית
פרת משה רבינו
Magyar
katicabogár
Հայերեն
զատիկ
Italiano
coccinella
ქართული
ჭიამაია
Қазақша
ханқызы
한국어
무당벌레
Lëtzebuergesch
Himmelsdéierchen
Latviešu
Mārīte
Македонски
бубамара
Bahasa Melayu
kumbang
Malti
nannakola
Nederlands
lieveheersbeestje
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ
ਬੀਰ ਵਹੁਟੀ
Português
joaninha
Русский
божья коровка
Slovenčina
lienka
Slovenščina
pikapolonica
Svenska
nyckelpiga
ไทย
เต่าทอง
Tagalog
marikita
Українська
сонечко
Examples
“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.”
“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.”
“A huge group of ladybirds has caused weather experts in San Diego, USA, to be very confused.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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