lady-bug

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

LA'DY-BIRD, or LA'DY-BUG, or LA'DY-COW, or LA'DY-FLY noun A small red vaginopennous or sheath-winged insect. A coleopterous insect of the genus Coccinella.(Linne)
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