cantharides
Meaning
- (uncountable) Spanish fly, Lytta vesicatoria (syn. Cantharis vesicatoria).
- (uncountable) Spanish fly; a vesicant extracted from the beetle, popularly held to have aphrodisiac properties.
Synonyms
Translations
cantharis
Spaanse vlieg
cantharidesPronounced as (IPA)
/kænˈθæɹɪdiːz/
Etymology
Late Middle English, from Latin cantharides, plural of cantharis.
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