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Meaning of cantharides

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

cantharides

Pronunciation:/kænˈθæɹɪdiːz/

noun

Definitions

  1. Spanish fly Lytta vesicatoria (syn. Cantharis vesicatoria).

  2. Spanish fly; a vesicant extracted from the beetle, popularly held to have aphrodisiac properties.

Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cantharides

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