テントウムシ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of テントウムシ – see the following entry.

【天道虫てんとうむし】 [noun] a ladybird (UK), ladybug (US), lady beetle (any beetle of family Coccinellidae) [noun] Synonym of 並瓢虫 (namitentō): an Asian lady beetle (Harmonia axyridis) Alternative spellings てんとう虫, 瓢虫, 紅娘

(This term, テントウムシ (tentōmushi), is the katakana spelling of the above term.)