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Webster 1913 Edition
Coccinella
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Cocˊci-nel′la
,Noun.
[NL., fr. L.
coccineus
scarlet-colored. See Cochoneal
.] (Zool.)
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
and ladybugs
. Definition 2024
Coccinella
Coccinella
See also: coccinella
Translingual
Coccinella septempunctata
Proper noun
Coccinella f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Coccinellidae – certain ladybirds, chiefly of the Palearctic.
Hyponyms
- (genus): Coccinella adalioides, Coccinella ainu, Coccinella algerica, Coccinella alpigrada, Coccinella barovskii, Coccinella biliturata, Coccinella boreolitoralis, Coccinella cervina, Coccinella conspurcata, Coccinella exclamationis, Coccinella explanata, Coccinella fuscomaculata, Coccinella fuscopunctata, Coccinella genistae, Coccinella hasegawai, Coccinella hieroglyphica, Coccinella hodeki, Coccinella humeralis, Coccinella illigeri, Coccinella iranica, Coccinella karpowkae, Coccinella lama, Coccinella leonina, Coccinella longifasciata, Coccinella luteopicta, Coccinella magnifica, Coccinella magnopunctata, Coccinella mannerheimi, Coccinella marussii, Coccinella menetriesi, Coccinella miranda, Coccinella nivicola, Coccinella obsoleta, Coccinella quinquepunctata, Coccinella reitteri, Coccinella ruficauda, Coccinella sachalinensis, Coccinella saucerottii, Coccinella sedakovii, Coccinella septempunctata, Coccinella signata, Coccinella tibetina, Coccinella transversalis, Coccinella transversoguttata, Coccinella trifasciata, Coccinella turkestanica, Coccinella undecimpunctata, Coccinella venusta, Coccinella weisei (species)