cochin | (noun) Asian breed of large fowl with dense plumage and feathered legs | Synonyms: cochin china |
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cochineal | (noun) Mexican red scale insect that feeds on cacti; the source of a red dye | Synonyms: cochineal insect, Dactylopius coccus |
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(noun) a red dyestuff consisting of dried bodies of female cochineal insects | - |
cochlea | (noun) the snail-shaped tube (in the inner ear coiled around the modiolus) where sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses by the organ of Corti | - |
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cochlear | (adjective) of or relating to the cochlea of the ear | - |
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