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Definition of Coccinellidae
1. Noun. The ladybugs.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Family
Group relationships: Coleoptera, Order Coleoptera
Member holonyms: Lady Beetle, Ladybeetle, Ladybird, Ladybird Beetle, Ladybug, Adalia, Genus Adalia, Epilachna, Genus Epilachna, Genus Hippodamia, Hippodamia, Genus Rodolia, Genus Vedalia, Rodolia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coccinellidae
Literary usage of Coccinellidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the New York Entomological Society by New York Entomological Society (1908)
"A revision of the North American Coccinellidae. 98 pp. $1.50. ... LENG, CHARLES W.
Notes on Coccinellidae, I, II. 31 pp., 3 pi. $1.00. ..."
2. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1909)
"1 box Coccinellidae, duplicating the above shipment. From New Jersey. ... 3 boxes
Coccinellidae. Scymnus manus Le C. Adalia bipunctata Linn. ..."
3. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1899)
"The body-fluid of Coccinellidae has an unpleasant odour and taste. ... We are
well supplied with Coccinellidae in Britain, forty species being known here. ..."
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