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ladybird
Alternative clues for the word ladybird
Word definitions for ladybird in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ladybird \La"dy*bird`\, n. [Equiv. to, bird of Our Lady.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of small beetles of the genus Coccinella and allied genera (family Coccinellid[ae] ); -- called also ladybug , ladyclock , lady cow , lady fly , ladybeetle ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Ladybird is a well-known children's clothing brand in the UK and Ireland. It makes clothing and footwear for children aged 0 to 13 years old, and is owned by Shop Direct, the UK's largest online retailer and parent company to household names like Littlewoods, ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"sweetheart," 1590s, from lady + bird (n.2).
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Any of the Coccinellidae family of beetles, typically having a round shape and red or yellow spotted elytron.
Usage examples of ladybird.
As Ted, in white shorts, shirt, and sandshoes, was sprawling on the grass eyeing bowlers and batsmen in total boredom and watching a ladybird climb a green blade, Gibbon and his chum Malcolm Davies loomed over him.
I saw the whole prison as if it were carved of ruby, hard and glittering, and the warders and the prisoners creeping in and out like little red ladybirds.
Lin isnt here now, but Im hungry for something, and I want you to help me or I dont know what I might end up saying, if Lin wont help me, you can, youre her knight in shining armour, her love-bug, shes your ladybird.
Only leads to trouble, and the lord knows there are plenty of ladybirds on the town!
I know what ladybirds you fly with, and Charlotte Gillingham is one of them!
Basement windows are barred and burglar alarms cling like ladybirds to the well-maintained stucco.
Contrary to what she'd imagined when she cast her spell, Pronto was not holding a miniaturized firearm, capable only of immobilizing ladybirds and bruising craneflies.
Troke, hooking himself on to the side of the Ladybird, saw a huge log slip out from its fellows and disappear into the darkness.
From his solitary rock he had watched the boat pass him and make for the Ladybird in the channel, and he had decided--with that curious childishness into which the mind relapses on such supreme occasions--that the moment when the gathering gloom swallowed her up, should be the moment when he would plunge into the surge below him.