Usually means: Red dye-producing scale insect.
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  1. cochineal insect: Merriam-Webster
  2. cochineal insect: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cochineal insect: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. cochineal insect: Collins English Dictionary
  5. cochineal insect: Vocabulary.com
  6. cochineal insect: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  7. cochineal insect: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. cochineal insect: Dictionary.com
  9. cochineal insect: Rhymezone
  10. cochineal insect: FreeDictionary.org
  11. cochineal insect: Mnemonic Dictionary
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  1. cochineal insect: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. cochineal insect: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. cochineal insect: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from WordNet (cochineal insect)

noun:  Mexican red scale insect that feeds on cacti; the source of a red dye


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