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cochineal insect

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cochineal insect
n.
Any of several red scale insects of the family Dactylopiidae that feed on cacti, especially the prickly pear, and range from the southwest United States to Central America.
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Noun1.cochineal insectcochineal insect - Mexican red scale insect that feeds on cacti; the source of a red dye
Dactylopius coccus, cochineal
scale insect - small homopterous insect that usually lives and feeds on plants and secretes a protective waxy covering
Dactylopius, genus Dactylopius - type genus of the Dactylopiidae


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``It's extraordinary for its employment of a carmine pink ink, which is actually made from the cochineal insect.
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