Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun dactylopius_coccus

1 sense of dactylopius coccus

Sense 1
cochineal insect, cochineal, Dactylopius coccus -- (Mexican red scale insect that feeds on cacti; the source of a red dye)
       => scale insect -- (small homopterous insect that usually lives and feeds on plants and secretes a protective waxy covering)