Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The lady-bird.
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The word barnabee or burnabee, or, as Southey writes it, burnie-bee, no doubt has reference to the burnished or polished wing cases of the insect.
Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children W. Houghton
hernesheir commented on the word barnabee
Fly away home.
December 4, 2010