COCHINEAL INSECT

Meaning of COCHINEAL INSECT in English

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.

[ 1795-1805 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

COCHINEAL INSECT — noun Date: 1801 a small red cactus-feeding scale insect ( Dactylopius coccus ) the females of which are the source …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
COCHINEAL INSECT — noun 1. : a small bright red insect ( Dactylopius coccus ) that is related to and resembles the mealybug …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COCHINEAL INSECT — red scale insect native to Mexico and Central America that subsists on cacti
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
COCHINEAL INSECT — Date: 1801 : a small red cactus-feeding scale insect ( Dactylopius coccus ) the females of which are the source …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
COCHINEAL INSECT — Function: noun Date: 1801 : a small red cactus-feeding scale insect ( Dactylopius coccus ) the females of which are …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
COCHINEAL INSECT — [cochineal insect] n (1801): a small red cactus-feeding scale insect (Dactylopius coccus) the females of which are the source of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
COCHINEAL INSECT — кошениль мексиканская (Dactylopius cacti); pl настоящие кошенилевые тли (Dactylopiidae)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
COCHINEAL INSECT — кошениль мексиканская ( Dactylopius cacti ) ; pl настоящие кошенилевые тли ( Dactylopiidae )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
INSECT — insect- see insecar
Interlingua English vocab
COCHINEAL — cochenill
English interlingue dictionary
COCHINEAL — noun Etymology: Middle French & Spanish; Middle French cochenille, from Old Spanish cochinilla ~ insect Date: 1582 a red dye …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
INSECT — Any member of the class Insecta, the largest arthropod class, including nearly 1 million known species (about three-fourths of all …
Английский словарь Британика
INSECT — I. ˈinˌsekt noun ( -s ) Etymology: Latin insectum, from neuter of insectus, past participle of insecare to cut into, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COCHINEAL — ˈkächəˌnēl, ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ sometimes -ōch-, esp bef pause or cons -nēəl noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle French & Spanish; Middle …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
INSECT — (a.) Like an insect; small; mean; ephemeral.
Английский словарь Webster
INSECT — (a.) Of or pertaining to an insect or insects.
Английский словарь Webster
COCHINEAL — () A dyestuff consisting of the dried bodies of females of the Coccus cacti, an insect native in Mexico, Central …
Английский словарь Webster
INSECT — ( a. ) Of or pertaining to an insect or insects.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
INSECT — ( a. ) Like an insect; small; mean; ephemeral.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
COCHINEAL — A dyestuff consisting of the dried bodies of females of the Coccus cacti, an insect native in Mexico, Central America, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
INSECT — — insectival /in'sek tuy"veuhl/ , adj. /in"sekt/ , n. 1. any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
COCHINEAL — /koch'euh neel", koh'cheuh-, koch"euh neel', koh"cheuh-/ , n. a red dye prepared from the dried bodies of the females of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
INSECT — n. member of a group of very small invertebrate animals having segmented bodies and three pairs of legs, bug; very …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
COCHINEAL — adj. of cochineal; from cochineal
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
COCHINEAL — n. red dye made from the crushed dried bodies of a female cochineal insect and used for food coloring and …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
INSECT — noun Etymology: Latin insectum, from neuter of insectus, past participle of insecare to cut into, from in- + secare to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
COCHINEAL — noun Etymology: Middle French & Spanish; Middle French cochenille, from Old Spanish cochinilla cochineal insect Date: 1582 1. : a …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
INSECT — adj like an insect; small; mean; ephemeral. 2. insect ·adj of or pertaining to an insect or insects. 3. insect …
Webster English vocab
COCHINEAL — a dyestuff consisting of the dried bodies of females of the coccus cacti, an insect native in mexico, central america, …
Webster English vocab
COCHINEAL — [ ˌkɒtʃɪ'ni:l , 'kɒtʃɪni:l ] ■ noun 1》 a scarlet dye used for colouring food, made from the crushed dried …
Concise Oxford English vocab
INSECT — [in.sect] n [L insectum, fr. neut. of insectus, pp. of insecare to cut into, fr. in- + secare to cut--more …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
COCHINEAL — [co.chi.neal] n [MF & Sp; MF cochenille, fr. OSp cochinilla cochineal insect] (1582) 1: a red dye consisting of the …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
INSECT
Britannica English vocabulary
COCHINEAL — red dyestuff consisting of the dried, pulverized bodies of certain female scale insects, Dactylopius coccus, of the Coccidae family, cactus-eating …
Britannica English vocabulary
INSECT — insect BrE AmE ˈɪn sekt ▷ insect|s s
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
COCHINEAL — cochineal BrE AmE ˌkɒtʃ ɪ ˈniː ə l -ə-, ˈ••• AmE \ ˌkɑːtʃ- ˌkoʊtʃ-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
INSECT — / ˈɪnsekt; NAmE / noun any small creature with six legs and a body divided into three parts. Insects usually …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COCHINEAL — / ˌkɒtʃɪˈniːl; NAmE ˈkɑːtʃəniːl/ noun [ U ] a bright red substance used to give colour to food •• WORD …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
INSECT — in ‧ sect W3 /ˈɪnsekt/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1600-1700 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: insectum , from …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
COCHINEAL — coch ‧ i ‧ neal /ˌkɒtʃəˈniːl◂, ˌkɒtʃɪˈniːl◂ $ ˌkɑː-/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: French ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
INSECT — n. 1 a any arthropod of the class Insecta, having a head, thorax, abdomen, two antennae, three pairs of thoracic …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
COCHINEAL — n. 1 a scarlet dye used esp. for colouring food. 2 the dried bodies of the female of the Mexican …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
INSECT — n. 1 a any arthropod of the class Insecta, having a head, thorax, abdomen, two antennae, three pairs of thoracic …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
COCHINEAL — n. 1 a scarlet dye used esp. for colouring food. 2 the dried bodies of the female of the Mexican …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
INSECT — n.1 a any arthropod of the class Insecta, having a head, thorax, abdomen, two antennae, three pairs of thoracic legs, …
Oxford English vocab
COCHINEAL — n.1 a scarlet dye used esp. for colouring food. 2 the dried bodies of the female of the Mexican insect, …
Oxford English vocab
INSECT — ( insects) An insect is a small animal that has six legs. Most insects have wings. Ants, flies, butterflies, and …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COCHINEAL — Cochineal is a red substance that is used for colouring food. N-UNCOUNT
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COCHINEAL — Cochineal is a red substance that is used for colouring food. N-UNCOUNT
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
INSECT — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES insect/mosquito/bug etc repellent stick insect ▪ young models who look like stick insects are very …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
INSECT — [noun] [C] - a type of very small air-breathing animal with six legs, a body divided into three parts and …
Cambridge English vocab
COCHINEAL — [noun] [U] - a bright red substance used as a food colouring, made from the dried body of a type …
Cambridge English vocab
INSECT — n. Any member of the class Insecta, the largest arthropod class, including nearly 1 million known species (about three-fourths of …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
INSECT — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ flying , winged ▪ aquatic ▪ beneficial ▪ Unfortunately, pesticides kill off beneficial ~s as well as …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
INSECT
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
COCHINEAL — сущ. кошениль (краска) кошениль (красная краска из тлей) pl (энтомология) червецы карминоносные (Margarodinae) cochineal кошениль (краска)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
COCHINEAL — Кошениль
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
INSECT — insect.ogg ʹınsekt n 1> насекомое a swarm of insects - рой насекомых insect bite - укус насекомого 2> ничтожество
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
COCHINEAL — n 1. кошениль ( красная краска из тлей ) 2. pl энт. червецы карминоносные ( Margarodinae )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
INSECT — insect сущ.1) насекомое insects bite — насекомые кусают insects crawl, creep — насекомые ползают insects fly — насекомые летают a …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
COCHINEAL — кошениль
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
COCHINEAL — (n) карминоносные червецы; кошениль
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
COCHINEAL — n 1. кошениль ( красная краска из тлей ) 2. pl энт. червецы карминоносные ( Margarodinae )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
INSECT — n 1> насекомое a swarm of insects - рой насекомых insect bite - укус насекомого 2> ничтожество
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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