ladybeetle

Other forms of ladybeetle

plural

ladybeetles·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about ladybeetle

What does ladybeetle mean?

ladybeetle means "small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests".

How many syllables are in ladybeetle?

ladybeetle has 4 syllables: la-dy-bee-tle. The stress falls on "dy".

What is another word for ladybeetle?

Close synonyms include ladybug, lady beetle, ladybird, ladybird beetle. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ladybeetle a common word?

ladybeetle is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.