ladybug
English Thesaurus
1. small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | beetle, |
| definition | : | insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | adalia bipunctata, two-spotted ladybug, |
| definition | : | red ladybug with a black spot on each wing (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | bean beetle, epilachna varivestis, mexican bean beetle, |
| definition | : | introduced into the United States from Mexico; feeds on the foliage of the bean plant (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | hippodamia convergens, |
| definition | : | a variety of ladybug (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | rodolia cardinalis, vedalia, |
| definition | : | native to Australia; introduced elsewhere to control scale insects (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | coccinellidae, family coccinellidae, |
| definition | : | the ladybugs (noun.animal) |
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