"ladybird" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈleɪ.di.bəːd/ [UK], /ˈleɪ.di.bɝd/ [US] Audio: en-us-ladybird.ogg [US] Forms: ladybirds [plural]
Etymology: From lady + bird, the “lady” here referring to the Virgin Mary, Jesus’ mother. Compare German Marienkäfer (literally “Mary beetle/bug”). Etymology templates: {{compound|en|lady|bird}} lady + bird, {{cog|de|Marienkäfer|lit=Mary beetle/bug}} German Marienkäfer (literally “Mary beetle/bug”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} ladybird (plural ladybirds)
  1. Any of the Coccinellidae family of beetles, typically having a round shape and red or yellow spotted elytra. Categories (lifeform): Beetles Synonyms: ladybug [North-America], lady beetle (english: preferred by some scientists), ladycow [Britain, obsolete], lady fly [Britain, obsolete], bishy barnabee, lady-bird Derived forms: ladybird beetle, ladybird spider, large leaf-eating ladybird, yellow-shouldered ladybird Translations (member of Coccinellidae): liewenheersbesie (Afrikaans), skilpadbesie (Afrikaans), skilpadkewer (Afrikaans), mollëkuqe (Albanian), burbuqe (Albanian), nuse pashke [feminine] (Albanian), buburezë [feminine] (Albanian), buburizë [feminine] (Albanian), shtatpikaloshe [feminine] (Albanian), pikaloshe [feminine] (Albanian), دُعْسُوقَة (duʕsūqa) [feminine] (Arabic), اُم عَلِي [Gulf-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), دعسوقة (daʕsūqa) [Hijazi-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), զատիկ (zatik) (Armenian), ܒܵܛܝܼܒܵܛܘܿ (bāṭībāṭō) (Assyrian Neo-Aramaic), parabüzən [Roman] (Azerbaijani), xallı bəzək [Roman] (Azerbaijani), xanımböcəyi [Roman] (Azerbaijani), mollaquşu [Roman] (Azerbaijani), uçağan [Roman, dialectal] (Azerbaijani), papıştikən [Roman, dialectal] (Azerbaijani), marigorringo (Basque), каро́ўка-баго́ўка (karóŭka-bahóŭka) [feminine] (Belarusian), buoc'hig-Doue [feminine] (Breton), кали́нка (kalínka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), кали́нка-мали́нка (kalínka-malínka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), божа́ кра́вичка (božá krávička) [feminine] (Bulgarian), marieta [feminine] (Catalan), 瓢蟲 (Chinese Cantonese), 瓢虫 (piu⁴ cung⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 瓢蟲 (Chinese Mandarin), 瓢虫 (piáochóng) (Chinese Mandarin), уяр (ujar) (Chuvash), sırlı böcek (Crimean Tatar), slunéčko [neuter] (Czech), sluníčko [neuter] (Czech), beruška [colloquial, feminine] (Czech), mariehøne [common-gender] (Danish), lieveheersbeestje [neuter] (Dutch), kokcinelo (Esperanto), mariskarabo (Esperanto), lepatriinu (Estonian), leppäkerttu (Finnish), leppäpirkko (Finnish), coccinelle [feminine] (French), xoaniña [feminine] (Galician), papasol [masculine] (Galician), reirrei [masculine] (Galician), maruxiña [feminine] (Galician), voaniña [feminine] (Galician), ჭიამაია (č̣iamaia) (Georgian), Marienkäfer [masculine] (German), Mariiechääferli [Alemannic-German, neuter] (German), πασχαλίτσα (paschalítsa) [feminine] (Greek), aamanganiaq (Greenlandic), מושית (moshít) [feminine] (Hebrew), פָּרַת מֹשֶׁה רַבֵּנוּ (parát moshé rabénu) [feminine] (Hebrew), सोनपाखरा (sonpākhrā) (Hindi), सोनपंखी (sonpaṅkhī) (Hindi), सुररखी (surarkhī) (Hindi), katicabogár (Hungarian), maríuhæna [feminine] (Icelandic), maríubjalla [feminine] (Icelandic), kepik (Indonesian), jumalanlehmä (Ingrian), coccinella (Interlingua), bóín Dé [feminine] (Irish), bó shamhraidh [feminine] (Irish), bóín samhraidh [feminine] (Irish), coccinella [feminine] (Italian), テントウムシ (tentōmushi) (Japanese), 天道虫 (tentōmushi) (alt: てんとうむし) (Japanese), juaninha (Kabuverdianu), អណ្ដើកមាស (ɑndaǝk mieh) (Khmer), 무당벌레 (mudangbeolle) (Korean), chëifer dla Madona [masculine] (Ladin), mārīte [feminine] (Latvian), boružė [feminine] (Lithuanian), Sünnenküken [German-Low-German] (Low German), Himmelsdéierchen [neuter] (Luxembourgish), бубамара (bubamara) [feminine] (Macedonian), божа кравица (boža kravica) [feminine] (Macedonian), kumbang (Malay), nannakola [feminine] (Maltese), mumutawa (Maori), ngoikura (Maori), chʼosh łitsxooí (Navajo), paqu'nôte [feminine] (Norman), goodshenk (North Frisian), marifly (Norwegian), marihøne (Norwegian), قفتان بوجكی (kaftan böceği) (Ottoman Turkish), خانم بوجكی (xanum böjeyi) (Ottoman Turkish), کفشدوزک (kafšduzak) (Persian), Howapieetje [neuter] (Plautdietsch), biedronka [feminine] (Polish), boża krówka [feminine] (Polish), joaninha [feminine] (Portuguese), ਬੀਰ ਵਹੁਟੀ (bīr vahuṭī) [feminine] (Punjabi), buburuză [feminine] (Romanian), gărgăriță [feminine] (Romanian), mămăruță [feminine] (Romanian), bau da Nossadunna [masculine] (Romansch), бо́жья коро́вка (bóžʹja koróvka) [feminine] (Russian), daolag bhreac dhearg [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), бубамара [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), bubamara [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), papuzzedda [feminine] (Sicilian), lienka [feminine] (Slovak), pánbožkova kravička [feminine] (Slovak), pikapolonica [feminine] (Slovene), mariquita [feminine] (Spanish), catarinita [Mexico, feminine] (Spanish), chinita [Chile, feminine] (Spanish), San Antonio [Uruguay, masculine] (Spanish), sarantontón [Canary-Islands, feminine] (Spanish), vaquita de San Antonio [Argentina, feminine] (Spanish), nyckelpiga (Swedish), marikita (Tagalog), แมลงเต่าทอง (má-laeng dtào tɔɔng) (Thai), เต่าทอง (dtào tɔɔng) (Thai), uğur böceği (Turkish), kekene (Turkmen), бичии доос-кара (biçii doos-kara) (Tuvan), со́нечко (sónečko) [neuter] (Ukrainian), бо́жа корі́вка (bóža korívka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), خانقىز (xanqiz) (Uyghur), bọ rùa (Vietnamese), cánh cam (Vietnamese), buwch goch gota [feminine] (Welsh), buchod coch cwta [feminine, plural] (Welsh), leavehearsbistke [neuter] (West Frisian), משה רבינוס קיִעלע (moyshe rabeynes kiele) [neuter] (Yiddish), משה רבנוס בהמהלע (moyshe rabeynes beheymele) [neuter] (Yiddish), משה רבנוס פֿערדעלע (moyshe rabeynes ferdele) [neuter] (Yiddish), nengzgoemj (Zhuang), umanqulwana (Zulu)

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          "text": "1914, Entomological Society of America, Annals of the Entomological Society of America, Volume 7, page 81,\nDuring this time, they eat about 825 Toxoptera per ladybird, making an average of about twenty-five per day to each ladybird."
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          "text": "1927, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Edward Everett Hale, and William Byron Forbush (editors), Childhood′s Favorites and Fairy Stories: The Young Folks Treasury, Volume 1, Gutenberg eBook #19993,\nLady-bird, lady-bird, fly away home, / Thy house is on fire, thy children all gone: / All but one whose name is Ann, / And she crept under the pudding-pan."
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          "text": "1976 September 30, Denis Owen, Ladybird, ladybird, fly away home, New Scientist, page 686,\nLadybirds, unlike most beetles, enjoy considerable popularity: they are attractive to look at and are well-known as useful predators of aphids—the greenfly and blackfly that destroy garden plants and crops."
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          "text": "2008, John L. Capinera, Encyclopedia of Entomology, Springer-Verlag New York, 2nd Edition, page 2130,\nPerhaps it was a sense of lack of effectiveness of native ladybirds in rapid and complete control of aphid infestations that led to attempts to import additional aphid-feeding ladybird species into North America."
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          "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
          "word": "瓢虫"
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          "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
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          "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
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          "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "lieveheersbeestje"
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          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
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          "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
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          "word": "papasol"
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
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            "masculine"
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            "feminine"
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            "feminine"
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          "word": "ჭიამაია"
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            "masculine"
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          "tags": [
            "Alemannic-German",
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            "feminine"
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            "feminine"
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            "feminine"
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            "feminine"
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            "feminine"
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            "feminine"
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            "feminine"
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            "feminine"
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            "feminine"
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            "feminine"
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            "feminine"
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            "neuter"
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            "feminine"
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            "feminine"
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            "feminine"
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            "feminine"
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            "feminine"
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            "feminine"
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            "feminine"
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            "feminine"
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          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
          "word": "cánh cam"
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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            "neuter"
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          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "משה רבנוס פֿערדעלע"
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          "code": "za",
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          "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
          "word": "nengzgoemj"
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          "code": "zu",
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          "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
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      ]
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      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
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      "word": "ladybird beetle"
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      "word": "ladybird spider"
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      "word": "yellow-shouldered ladybird"
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        "Hebrew terms with redundant script codes",
        "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
        "Khmer terms with redundant script codes",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
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        {
          "text": "1914, Entomological Society of America, Annals of the Entomological Society of America, Volume 7, page 81,\nDuring this time, they eat about 825 Toxoptera per ladybird, making an average of about twenty-five per day to each ladybird."
        },
        {
          "text": "1927, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Edward Everett Hale, and William Byron Forbush (editors), Childhood′s Favorites and Fairy Stories: The Young Folks Treasury, Volume 1, Gutenberg eBook #19993,\nLady-bird, lady-bird, fly away home, / Thy house is on fire, thy children all gone: / All but one whose name is Ann, / And she crept under the pudding-pan."
        },
        {
          "text": "1976 September 30, Denis Owen, Ladybird, ladybird, fly away home, New Scientist, page 686,\nLadybirds, unlike most beetles, enjoy considerable popularity: they are attractive to look at and are well-known as useful predators of aphids—the greenfly and blackfly that destroy garden plants and crops."
        },
        {
          "text": "2008, John L. Capinera, Encyclopedia of Entomology, Springer-Verlag New York, 2nd Edition, page 2130,\nPerhaps it was a sense of lack of effectiveness of native ladybirds in rapid and complete control of aphid infestations that led to attempts to import additional aphid-feeding ladybird species into North America."
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "ladybug"
        },
        {
          "english": "preferred by some scientists",
          "word": "lady beetle"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Britain",
            "obsolete"
          ],
          "word": "ladycow"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Britain",
            "obsolete"
          ],
          "word": "lady fly"
        },
        {
          "word": "bishy barnabee"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈleɪ.di.bəːd/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈleɪ.di.bɝd/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-ladybird.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fb/En-us-ladybird.ogg/En-us-ladybird.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/En-us-ladybird.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "lady-bird"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "word": "liewenheersbesie"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "word": "skilpadbesie"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "word": "skilpadkewer"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "word": "mollëkuqe"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "word": "burbuqe"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nuse pashke"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "buburezë"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "buburizë"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "shtatpikaloshe"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pikaloshe"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "duʕsūqa",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "دُعْسُوقَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "afb",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "Gulf-Arabic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "اُم عَلِي"
    },
    {
      "code": "acw",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "daʕsūqa",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "Hijazi-Arabic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "دعسوقة"
    },
    {
      "code": "aii",
      "lang": "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic",
      "roman": "bāṭībāṭō",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "word": "ܒܵܛܝܼܒܵܛܘܿ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "zatik",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "word": "զատիկ"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "parabüzən"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "xallı bəzək"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "xanımböcəyi"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "mollaquşu"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "dialectal"
      ],
      "word": "uçağan"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "dialectal"
      ],
      "word": "papıştikən"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "word": "marigorringo"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "karóŭka-bahóŭka",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "каро́ўка-баго́ўка"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "buoc'hig-Doue"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kalínka",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кали́нка"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kalínka-malínka",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кали́нка-мали́нка"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "božá krávička",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "божа́ кра́вичка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "marieta"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "word": "瓢蟲"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "piu⁴ cung⁴",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "word": "瓢虫"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "word": "瓢蟲"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "piáochóng",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "word": "瓢虫"
    },
    {
      "code": "cv",
      "lang": "Chuvash",
      "roman": "ujar",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "word": "уяр"
    },
    {
      "code": "crh",
      "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "word": "sırlı böcek"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "slunéčko"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "sluníčko"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "beruška"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "mariehøne"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "lieveheersbeestje"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "word": "kokcinelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "word": "mariskarabo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "word": "lepatriinu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "word": "leppäkerttu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "word": "leppäpirkko"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "coccinelle"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "xoaniña"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "papasol"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "reirrei"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "maruxiña"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "voaniña"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "č̣iamaia",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "word": "ჭიამაია"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Marienkäfer"
    },
    {
      "code": "gsw",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "Alemannic-German",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Mariiechääferli"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "paschalítsa",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "πασχαλίτσα"
    },
    {
      "code": "kl",
      "lang": "Greenlandic",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "word": "aamanganiaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "moshít",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "מושית"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "parát moshé rabénu",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "פָּרַת מֹשֶׁה רַבֵּנוּ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "sonpākhrā",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "word": "सोनपाखरा"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "sonpaṅkhī",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "word": "सोनपंखी"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "surarkhī",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "word": "सुररखी"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "word": "katicabogár"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "maríuhæna"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "maríubjalla"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "word": "kepik"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "word": "jumalanlehmä"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "word": "coccinella"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bóín Dé"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bó shamhraidh"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bóín samhraidh"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "coccinella"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tentōmushi",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "word": "テントウムシ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "てんとうむし",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tentōmushi",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "word": "天道虫"
    },
    {
      "code": "kea",
      "lang": "Kabuverdianu",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "word": "juaninha"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "ɑndaǝk mieh",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "word": "អណ្ដើកមាស"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "mudangbeolle",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "word": "무당벌레"
    },
    {
      "code": "lld",
      "lang": "Ladin",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chëifer dla Madona"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mārīte"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "boružė"
    },
    {
      "code": "nds-de",
      "lang": "Low German",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "German-Low-German"
      ],
      "word": "Sünnenküken"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Himmelsdéierchen"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "bubamara",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "бубамара"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "boža kravica",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "божа кравица"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "word": "kumbang"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nannakola"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "word": "mumutawa"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "word": "ngoikura"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "word": "chʼosh łitsxooí"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "paqu'nôte"
    },
    {
      "code": "frr",
      "lang": "North Frisian",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "word": "goodshenk"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "word": "marifly"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "word": "marihøne"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "kaftan böceği",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "word": "قفتان بوجكی"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "xanum böjeyi",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "word": "خانم بوجكی"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "kafšduzak",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "word": "کفشدوزک"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Howapieetje"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "biedronka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "boża krówka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "joaninha"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "bīr vahuṭī",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ਬੀਰ ਵਹੁਟੀ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "buburuză"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gărgăriță"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mămăruță"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bau da Nossadunna"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bóžʹja koróvka",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "бо́жья коро́вка"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "daolag bhreac dhearg"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "бубамара"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bubamara"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "papuzzedda"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lienka"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pánbožkova kravička"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pikapolonica"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mariquita"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "Mexico",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "catarinita"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "Chile",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chinita"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "Uruguay",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "San Antonio"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "Canary-Islands",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sarantontón"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "Argentina",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vaquita de San Antonio"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "word": "nyckelpiga"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "word": "marikita"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "má-laeng dtào tɔɔng",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "word": "แมลงเต่าทอง"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "dtào tɔɔng",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "word": "เต่าทอง"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "word": "uğur böceği"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "word": "kekene"
    },
    {
      "code": "tyv",
      "lang": "Tuvan",
      "roman": "biçii doos-kara",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "word": "бичии доос-кара"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "sónečko",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "со́нечко"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bóža korívka",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "бо́жа корі́вка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "xanqiz",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "word": "خانقىز"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "word": "bọ rùa"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "word": "cánh cam"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "buwch goch gota"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "buchod coch cwta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "leavehearsbistke"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "moyshe rabeynes kiele",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "משה רבינוס קיִעלע"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "moyshe rabeynes beheymele",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "משה רבנוס בהמהלע"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "moyshe rabeynes ferdele",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "משה רבנוס פֿערדעלע"
    },
    {
      "code": "za",
      "lang": "Zhuang",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "word": "nengzgoemj"
    },
    {
      "code": "zu",
      "lang": "Zulu",
      "sense": "member of Coccinellidae",
      "word": "umanqulwana"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ladybird"
}
{
  "called_from": "translations/369",
  "msg": "unrecognized prefix (language name?) in translation item: Abjad: ملا قوشى (mollā-qūshi)",
  "path": [
    "ladybird"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "ladybird",
  "trace": ""
}

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