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Webster 1828 Edition

Lady-fly

LA'DY-FLY

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Noun.

A small red vaginopennous or sheath-winged insect.

A coleopterous insect of the genus Coccinella.

Definition 2024

lady-fly

lady-fly

English

Noun

lady-fly ‎(plural lady-flies)

(obsolete) A ladybird.
- John Gay
  This Lady-fly I take from off the grass,
  Whose spotted back might scarlet red surpass.