Meaning & use
ladybug
A small, round beetle, often red or orange with black spots, that eats garden pests.
See it in a sentence
A ladybug landed on my sleeve while I was weeding the vegetable garden.
Farmers welcome ladybugs because they eat aphids that damage crops.
A note on using this word
Ladybug is the common American term; British English usually says ladybird for the same insect.
Words with a similar meaning
ladybird
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