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Webster 1828 Edition


Lady-fly

LA'DY-FLY

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Noun.
A small red vaginopennous or sheath-winged insect.
A coleopterous insect of the genus Coccinella.

Definition 2024


lady-fly

lady-fly

English

Noun

lady-fly (plural lady-flies)

  1. (obsolete) A ladybird.
    • John Gay
      This Lady-fly I take from off the grass,
      Whose spotted back might scarlet red surpass.