cochineal insect

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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.

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Origin of cochineal insect

First recorded in 1795–1805

Words nearby cochineal insect

co-channel, cochin, Cochin-China, cochineal, cochineal cactus, cochineal insect, Cochise, cochlea, cochlear aqueduct, cochlear canal, cochlear duct

How to use cochineal insect in a sentence

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Their nightly flights bring with them the powers to pollinate plants and control insect populations.
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When you crush an insect, you have all these long worms uncoiling from the belly.
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To the animal whose special finger enables him to catch the insect?
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