Noun cochineal has 2 senses
  1. cochineal - a red dyestuff consisting of dried bodies of female cochineal insects
    --1 is a kind of
    dye, dyestuff
  2. cochineal insect, cochineal, Dactylopius coccus - Mexican red scale insect that feeds on cacti; the source of a red dye
    --2 is a kind of scale insect
    --2 is a member of Dactylopius, genus Dactylopius
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