What's the difference between ladybird and ladybug?

Ladybird


Definition:

  • (n.) Any one of numerous species of small beetles of the genus Coccinella and allied genera (family Coccinellidae); -- called also ladybug, ladyclock, lady cow, lady fly, and lady beetle. Coccinella seplempunctata in one of the common European species. See Coccinella.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Ladybird: I’m Ready to Spell has a space theme, and is based on the phonics that kids will be learning in their first years at school.
  • (2) "Aphids use an alarm pheromone which when they're attacked by ladybirds and parasitic wasps causes them to disperse.
  • (3) For good measure, E-beta-farnesene also attracts aphid predators such as ladybirds and wasps.
  • (4) Winners and losers Going: Species facing "severe" threats in England Red squirrel Northern bluefin tuna Natterjack toad Common skate Alpine foxtail Kittiwake Grey plover Shrill carder bumblebee Recovering: Recent conservation success stories Pole cat Large blue butterfly Red kite Ladybird spider Pink meadowcap Sand lizard Pool frog Bittern
  • (5) iPad Ladybird: I’m Ready to Spell (£2.99) Released by book publisher Penguin, this is aimed mainly at schoolchildren preparing for their first phonics screening check, with three space-themed mini-games designed to test their spelling skills.
  • (6) It also attracts aphid predators such as ladybirds and wasps."
  • (7) This looks like Ladybird book history – engaging introduction at best; superficial and simplistic at worst.
  • (8) He was also very disappointed that Crissy Rock did not receive an Oscar nomination for Ladybird, Ladybird in 1994 after winning the best actress award in Berlin.
  • (9) So we are leading the world, and we are doing some pretty cool stuff in that space.” In a field close to the Shrimp, you might soon find “the Ladybird”, a ground robot designed for broad-acre vegetable farming.
  • (10) No one had ever seen so many ladybirds - a colleague remembers the sound they made when you walked on them - crunch, crunch, crunch!
  • (11) Over the years I had been the recipient of endless cover versions of branded toys – knock-off versions of Barbie, Caran d'Ache and Ladybird – and this Mary Poppins looked distinctly counterfeit too.
  • (12) This allows the sediment – pips, bits of vine, ladybirds (I saw several), etc – to settle.
  • (13) TOP TIP Put a crick in your neck on the easy walking trails through the Ladybird Johnson Grove trail and Tall Trees Grove trail in the southern portion of Redwood national park.
  • (14) It includes around 400 words related to nature including badger, bird, caterpillar, daffodil, feather, hedgehog, invertebrate, ladybird, ocean, python, sunflower, tadpole, vegetation, and zebra.
  • (15) Most surprisingly of all, Crissy Rock, the lead in Ladybird, Ladybird (1994) – a brilliant, devastating gut-wrencher of a film – was convinced she was starring in a happy, upbeat, redemptive story.
  • (16) Such films, no doubt, include his 1966 TV drama Cathy Come Home, as well as Riff Raff, Raining Stones, Ladybird, Ladybird and Sweet Sixteen.
  • (17) When he finds a ladybird, he shows it off to the makeup artist.
  • (18) Suddenly, countless ladybirds arrived on bronze wings and busied themselves finding a hole in the carcass of the tree.
  • (19) "Even better was his Ladybird book where he saved the World Cup final (including a surprise welcome by to Spain from Hitler)."
  • (20) APPS Ladybird: I’m Ready to Spell (£1.49) Released by book publisher Penguin, this is aimed mainly at schoolchildren preparing for their first phonics screening check, with three space-themed mini-games designed to test their spelling skills.

Ladybug


Definition:

  • (n.) Same as Ladybird.

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