Lady-fly

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A ladybird. obsolete

    "This lady-fly I take from off the graſs, / Whoſe ſpotted back might ſcarlet red ſurpaſs."

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"This lady-fly I take from off the graſs, / Whoſe ſpotted back might ſcarlet red ſurpaſs."

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