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

1 sense of cochineal insect

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)