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Hen spotted crawler? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ladybird

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This could be a double definition.

'hen' is the first definition.
The definition and answer can be both animals as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'spotted crawler?' is the second definition.
(I've seen this before)

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for ladybird that I've seen before include "that's spotted in gardens" , "Common insect" , "spotted one that flies" , "Red spotted beetle" , "imprint" .)

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