(entomology) A species of insect (Dactylopius coccus). / A vivid red dye made from the bodies of cochineal insects. / The vivid red color of this dye.

Possessing a vivid red color, as produced from dying with cochineal.

plural of cochineal

Made red with, or as if with, cochineal.

A domestic hen of a large variety with feathered legs, full breast, and small tail.

Former name of Kochi, a city in Kerala, India

plural of Cochin

plural of cochineal fig

A plant of Central and South America, of the cactus family, cultivated for the sake of the cochineal insect, which lives on it.

A native or inhabitant of Cochin China