Meaning Of The Word Cochineal insect
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Cochineal insect Meaning
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What's The Definition Of Cochineal insect?
cochineal insect in American English
any of a family (Dactylopiidae) of scale insects, esp. one (Dactylopius coccus) that has a brilliant-red body fluid, feeds on certain cactuses, is found chiefly in Mexico, and was formerly much used as a source of cochineal noun: any of various small red scale insects of the family Dactylopiidae, related to the mealybugs and characterized by an oval segmented body with white waxy plates and short legs and antennae: the source of cochineal cochineal insect in British English noun: a Mexican homopterous insect, Dactylopius coccus, that feeds on cacti |
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