noun, feminine/kot͡ʃiˈniʝa/plural: cochinillas
pill bug (especially Armadillidium vulgare)
Related: cochinilla de humedad
Diminutive form of cochina, feminine form of cochino (“pig”), because of the animal's shape.
/kot͡ʃiˈniʝa/
pill bug (especially Armadillidium vulgare)
Related: cochinilla de humedad
Diminutive form of cochina, feminine form of cochino (“pig”), because of the animal's shape.
cochineal (animal and dye)
Synonyms: grana
Related: nopal de cochinilla
Uncertain; possibly based on Latin coccinus (“scarlet”), or related to the above etymology.