Definition of "coccinella" []

• 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. (noun)

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• "La piccola coccinella ha un problema con le ciambelle, ma essere ..."
• "La piccola coccinella ha un problema con le ciambelle, ma essere la Bestia del Buon Dio almeno per i francesi ha qualche vantaggio."
• "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"