dactylopius coccus

1. 1.

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

   Synonymscochineal insectcochineal

   Broaderscale insect

   Part ofDactylopius

Questions about dactylopius coccus

What does dactylopius coccus mean?

dactylopius coccus means "Mexican red scale insect that feeds on cacti; the source of a red dye".

What is another word for dactylopius coccus?

Close synonyms include cochineal insect, cochineal. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dactylopius coccus a common word?

dactylopius coccus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.