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English noun: cochineal

1. cochineal (substance) a red dyestuff consisting of dried bodies of female cochineal insects


Broader (hypernym)dye, dyestuff

2. cochineal (animal) Mexican red scale insect that feeds on cacti; the source of a red dye


Synonymscochineal insect, Dactylopius coccus


Broader (hypernym)scale insect


Member meronymDactylopius, genus Dactylopius









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