| NOUN | animal | Dactylopius coccus, cochineal insect, cochineal | Mexican red scale insect that feeds on cacti |
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| Meaning | Mexican red scale insect that feeds on cacti; the source of a red dye. | |
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| Synonyms | cochineal insect, cochineal | |
| Member of | Dactylopius, genus Dactylopius | type genus of the Dactylopiidae |
| Broader | scale insect | small homopterous insect that usually lives and feeds on plants and secretes a protective waxy covering |
| Spanish | cochinilla, dactylopius coccus | |
| Catalan | cotxinilla, dactylopius coccus | |
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