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n. (alternative spelling of ladybug English)
Usage examples of "lady-bug".
A brown spotted lady-bug climbed the dizzy height of a grass blade, and Tom bent down close to it and said, “lady-bug, lady-bug, fly away home, your house is on fire, your children’s alone,” and she took wing and went off to see about it – which did not surprise the boy, for he knew of old that this insect was credulous about conflagrations, and he had practised upon its simplicity more than once.
A brown spotted lady-bug climbed the dizzy height of a grass blade, and Tom bent down close to it and said, “lady-bug, lady-bug, fly away home, your house is on fire, your children's alone,” and she took wing and went off to see about it -- which did not surprise the boy, for he knew of old that this insect was credulous about conflagrations, and he had practised upon its simplicity more than once.
Majere watched a lady-bug crawl up the stem of a dandelion and marveled at the perfection of both bug and weed.