n.
Pronunciation: ' l ā -d ē - ˌ b ə g
Function: noun
Etymology: Our Lady, the Virgin Mary
Date: 1699
: any of numerous small nearly hemispherical often brightly colored often spotted beetles (family Coccinellidae) of temperate and tropical regions that usually feed both as larvae and adults on other insects (as aphids) ― called also lady beetle ladybird ladybird beetle
ladybug