cantharis

cantharis
cantharis [kan′thə ris]
n.
pl. cantharides [kan thar′ə dēz΄]see CANTHARIDES
SPANISH FLY (sense 1)

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can·tha·ris (kănʹthər-ĭs) n. pl. can·thar·i·des (kăn-thărʹĭ-dēz') In both senses also called Spanish fly.
1. A brilliant green blister beetle (Lytta vesicatoria or Cantharis vesicatoria) of central and southern Europe.
2. cantharides (used with a sing. or pl. verb)A toxic preparation of the crushed, dried bodies of this beetle, formerly used as a counter-irritant for skin blisters and as an aphrodisiac.
  [Latin cantharis, cantharid-, from Greek kantharis, from kantharos.]

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