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ladybird
(leɪdibɜːʳd)
Word forms: plural ladybirds
countable noun
A ladybird is a small round beetle that is red with black spots.
[British]regional note: in AM, use ladybugladybird in British English
(ˈleɪdɪˌbɜːd)
noun
any of various small brightly coloured beetles of the family Coccinellidae, such as Adalia bipunctata (two-spotted ladybird), which has red elytra marked with black spots
Usual US and Canadian name: ladybugWord origin
C18: named after Our Lady, the Virgin MaryImage ofladybird
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In other languagesladybird
British English: ladybird /ˈleɪdɪˌbɜːd/ NOUN
A ladybird is a small round beetle that is red with black spots.
- American English: ladybug
- Arabic: دُعْسُوقَةٌ
- Brazilian Portuguese: joaninha
- Chinese: 瓢虫
- Croatian: bubamara
- Czech: slunéčko sedmitečné
- Danish: mariehøne
- Dutch: lieveheersbeestje
- European Spanish: mariquita
- Finnish: leppäkerttu
- French: coccinelle
- German: Marienkäfer
- Greek: πασχαλίτσα
- Italian: coccinella
- Japanese: テントウムシ
- Korean: 무당벌레
- Norwegian: marihøne
- Polish: biedronka
- European Portuguese: joaninha
- Romanian: gărgăriță
- Russian: божья коровка
- Latin American Spanish: mariquita
- Swedish: nyckelpiga
- Thai: แมลงเต่าทอง
- Turkish: uç uç böceği
- Ukrainian: сонечко
- Vietnamese: con bọ rùa
Chinese translation of 'ladybird'
ladybird
(ˈleɪdɪbəːd) (Brit)
n (c)
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瓢虫(蟲)
(piáochóng) (只, zhī)美 = ladybug