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coccinella Ent.|kɒksɪˈnɛlə|
[mod.L. (Linnæus Systema Naturæ (ed. 10, 1758) 364), f. L. coccineus scarlet.]
A beetle of the genus so named or its family Coccinellidæ; a lady-bird. So cocciˈnellid a. and n.
1815Kirby & Spence Ent. I. 265 It is fortunate that in most countries the children have taken these friendly Coccinellae under their protection. 1887J. D. Hooker in L. Huxley Life (1918) I. i. 4 Seeing a Coccinella on a post. 1887E. A. Ormerod Australian Bug 29 The grubs of a Coccinellid or Ladybird. 1913Oxf. Univ. Gaz. 4 June 955/2, 2 Coccinellid beetles of the genus Epilachna. 1959E. F. Linssen Beetles II. 46 In these clusters of Coccinellid beetles there may be as many as one thousand five hundred individuals per square foot. Ibid. 47 Although there are some three thousand five hundred species of Coccinellids, only forty-five are British. 1964Canadian Entomologist XCVI. 1151 The life histories of our common coccinellids have never been carefully studied. |