Meaning of "ladybug" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF LADYBUG

ladybug  [ˈleɪdɪbʌɡ]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LADYBUG

Ladybug is a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LADYBUG MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Coccinellidae

The Coccinellidae are a family of small beetles, ranging from 0.8 to 18 mm. They are commonly yellow, orange, or scarlet with small black spots on their wing covers, with black legs, heads and antennae. Such colour patterns vary greatly, however; for example, a minority of species, such as Vibidia duodecimguttata, a twelve-spotted species, have whitish spots on a brown background. Coccinellids are found worldwide, with over 5,000 species described, more than 450 native to North America alone. Coccinellidae are known colloquially as ladybirds, ladybugs or lady cows, among other names. When they need to use a common name, entomologists widely prefer the names ladybird beetles or lady beetles as these insects are not true bugs. The Coccinellidae are generally considered useful insects, because many species feed on aphids or scale insects, which are pests in gardens, agricultural fields, orchards, and similar places. Within the colonies of such plant-eating pests, they will lay hundreds of eggs, and when these hatch the larvae will commence feeding immediately. However, some species do have unwelcome effects.

TRANSLATION OF LADYBUG

Find out the translation of ladybug to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of ladybug from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ladybug» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 瓢虫
• Translator English - Spanish: mariquita
• English: ladybug
• Translator English - Hindi: एक प्रकार का गुबरैला
• Translator English - Arabic: الخنفساء
• Translator English - Russian: божья коровка
• Translator English - Portuguese: joaninha
• Translator English - Bengali: গয়াল
• Translator English - French: coccinelle
• Translator English - Malay: Kumbang
• Translator English - German: Marienkäfer
• Translator English - Japanese: てんとう虫
• Translator English - Korean: 무당 벌레
• Translator English - Javanese: Ladybug
• Translator English - Vietnamese: ong cái
• Translator English - Tamil: Ladybug
• Translator English - Marathi: लेडीबग
• Translator English - Turkish: uğur böceği
• Translator English - Italian: coccinella
• Translator English - Polish: biedronka
• Translator English - Ukrainian: божа корівка
• Translator English - Romanian: gărgăriță
• Translator English - Greek: πασχαλίτσα
• Translator English - Afrikaans: skilpadbesie
• Translator English - Swedish: nyckelpiga
• Translator English - Norwegian: marihøne

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LADYBUG»

Discover the use of ladybug in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ladybug and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

The Grouchy Ladybug

It's the Grouchy Ladybug's 20th birthday. To celebrate, we are introducing a new, larger format edition with brighter, more colorful pages created from Eric Carle's original artwork using the latest reproduction technology.

Eric Carle, 1996

Ladybug Girl

For fans of Fancy Nancy and Toot and Puddle, the Ladybug Girl series honors individuality, creativity, and a love of the outdoors!

Jacky Davis, 2008

Ladybug Girl and the Bug Squad

The Bug Squad is back in a story about playing together, problem solving, and saying you’re sorry in this hardcover picture book from the New York Times bestselling Ladybug Girl series. This book was a Jumpstart Read for the Record Book.

Jacky Davis, 2012

A Year on Ladybug Farm

Their husbands were gone, their families were grown, and the future stretched out before them like an unfulfilled promise.

Donna Ball, 2009

Ladybug

A simple introduction to the physical characteristics, diet, life cycle, predators, habitat, and lifespan of the ladybird beetle, also known as the ladybug.

Karen Hartley, Chris Macro, 2006

At Home on Ladybug Farm

From the award-winning author of A Year on Ladybug Farm comes the continuing story of three women who learn what it takes to turn a house into a home.

Donna Ball, 2009

Ladybug Girl and Bingo

This is a job for Ladybug Girl! She will find Bingo in time for toasting marshmallows at the campfire. For fans of Fancy Nancy and Toot and Puddle, the Ladybug Girl series honors a love of the outdoors, family, and creativity!

Jacky Davis, 2012

Yoo-Hoo, Ladybug!: with audio recording

Children will delight in this picture book game of hide-and-seek and will eagerly read along, pointing out Ladybug’s newest and cleverest hiding spot time and again. This ebook edition includes audio.

Mem Fox, 2013

What the Ladybug Heard

Although much quieter than the farm animals that moo, cluck or oink, a gentle ladybug is instrumental in foiling a plan to steal the farm's prize-winning cow. By the author of The Gruffalo.

Julia Donaldson, 2009

Ladybug on the Move

Ladybug searches for a new home, but every place she finds is already occupied. Features a separate ladybug who weaves her way through die-cut pages.

Richard Fowler, 1993

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LADYBUG»

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Show and tell at Salem art fair: 12 fun finds - Statesman Journal

"I'm gonna put him in my room on a special spot on my bookshelf." She also made Kermit "Kermie," the ladybug, using paint, googly eyes, glue, ... «Statesman Journal, Jul 15»

Full week of balloon events to lift off Monday in Longview - Longview …

Ladybug Annie, sponsored by Tomberlain Insurance, will be at Brookshires on Gilmer Road and Hawkins Parkway. Tomberlain Insurance is ... «Longview News-Journal, Jul 15»

Suspect fires off more than a dozen shots in Lincoln County mobi …

... said Lincoln County 911 received calls from several neighbors who live in a mobile home park along Ladybug Lane in Branchland around 9 ... «WOWK, Jul 15»

Allergies led to tile artist's success

Sometimes her whimsical side would come out, and you could find a small insect, like a grasshopper or a ladybug, hidden in a (painted) basket ... «San Antonio Express-News, Jul 15»

Allergies led to tile artist's success - San Antonio Express-News

Sometimes her whimsical side would come out, and you could find a small insect, like a grasshopper or a ladybug, hidden in a (painted) basket ... «San Antonio Express-News, Jul 15»

Downtown Tavares businesses bond in new campaign - Daily …

... Through the Years Vintage Market, Orange Blossom Cannonball, Quality Design and Print, Ladybug's Gifts & Sundries, Hemingway's Wine ... «Daily Commercial, Jul 15»

Cricket Media Announces Distribution Agreement with English …

Cricket Media's 11 popular media brands for toddlers to teens include Babybug, Ladybug, Cricket® and Cobblestone®. The Company's ... «Military Technologies, Jul 15»

GOOD BUGS: Some predatory insects can be gardener's best buds …

You think ladybug, and you picture a little orange or red beetle. But she lists two dozen of them, with photos, a description of their distinguishing ... «Duluth News Tribune, Jul 15»

Wilmington's Ladybug Music Festival features female-centric line-up

Delaware's Ladybug Music Festival aims to make an exception by shining a light on female artists. The festival will feature a mix of local and ... «Delaware First Media, Jul 15»

Hunger for fresh food goal of Garden party at Torrence Park

From left, Wendy Taylor leads a tour through the Ladybug Mountain Children's Learning Garden at the corner of Jordan and Marietta streets ... «Herald & Review, Jul 15»