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noun

Novius cardinalis (syns. Rodolia cardinalis, Vedalia cardinalis), a ladybird beetle endemic to Australia, but introduced to California and New Zealand to control Icerya purchasi (cottony cushion scale), a pest of citrus.

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Meanings

nounvedalia (plural vedalias)

plural vedalias

  1. Novius cardinalis (syns. Rodolia cardinalis, Vedalia cardinalis), a ladybird beetle endemic to Australia, but introduced to California and New Zealand to control Icerya purchasi (cottony cushion scale), a pest of citrus.

    Synonyms: vedalia beetle, cardinal ladybird

Synonyms & antonyms

nounNovius cardinalis (syns. Rodolia cardinalis, Vedalia cardinalis), a ladybird beetle endemic to Australia, but introduced to California and New Zealand to control Icerya purchasi (cottony cushion scale), a pest of citrus.

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vedalia beetlecardinal ladybird

More synonyms by meaning

nounnative to Australia; introduced elsewhere to control scale insects

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Rodolia cardinalis
Broader
ladybugladybeetlelady beetle

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From Vedalia, the genus in which this species was once classified.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Vedalai
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APA

vedalia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vedalia

MLA

“vedalia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vedalia. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vedalia,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vedalia.

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