There was a generally accepted belief that ladybirds are very nice creatures - beautiful and usefull. A lot of ladybirds meant that there are fewer aphides and other plant pests, thus a better...
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There was a generally accepted belief that ladybirds are very nice creatures - beautiful and usefull. A lot of ladybirds meant that there are fewer aphides and other plant pests, thus a better...
It's called "коровка" because ladybirds can secrete chyle-like something when in danger (chyle is "молочко" in Russian).
My dictionary says it comes from English "sprout". :)
Russians have another "native" word for it, which is similar to "octopus" - "осьминог" (i.e. "восемь ног").
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