Definition of "lady-bird" [lady-bird]

• Alternative spelling of ladybird. (noun)

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• "Consider the noble fly, a size or two smaller than the elephant: the lady-bird, the butterfly — all triumphs of art!"
• "I saw several lady-bird larvae the other day, but I don't know the species."
• "And, puffing the cigarette smoke at a lady-bird on the shining table, he plunged into a reverie about the house."