Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The typical genus of ladybirds of the family Coccinellidæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A genus of small beetles of many species. They and their larvæ feed on aphids or plant lice, and hence are of great benefit to man. Also called
ladybirds andladybugs .
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La piccola coccinella ha un problema con le ciambelle, ma essere ...
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La piccola coccinella ha un problema con le ciambelle, ma essere la Bestia del Buon Dio almeno per i francesi ha qualche vantaggio.
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Perhaps you may find there the pretty coccinella-shaped, silver-margined _Omophron_, or the still rarer _Panagoeus fasciatus_, of which I once took two specimens on
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 42, April, 1861 Various
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Ladybird invasion: Population explosion sees millions of the humble coccinella beetle descend upon Somerset and Norfolk
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a vast plain in the season of rains covered with the red coccinella.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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