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 and divides as la-dy-bee-tle under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

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.