ladybird beetle

Questions about ladybird beetle

What does ladybird beetle mean?

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

What is another word for ladybird beetle?

Close synonyms include ladybug, ladybeetle, lady beetle, ladybird. 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 ladybird beetle a common word?

ladybird beetle 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.