[kan-thar-i-deez] 
[kan-thar-is] . | 1. | Spanish fly (def. 1). |
| 2. | cantharis. Spanish fly (def. 2). |
| 1. | Also called cantharides. a preparation of powdered blister beetles, esp. the Spanish fly, used medicinally as a counterirritant, diuretic, and aphrodisiac. |
| 2. | Also, Span⋅ish⋅fly. Also called cantharis. a common European blister beetle, Cantharis (Lytta) vesicatoria, that yields this preparation. |
| can·tha·ris (kān'thər-ĭs) n. pl. can·thar·i·des (kān-thār'ĭ-dēz') In both senses also called Spanish fly.
[Latin cantharis, cantharid-, from Greek kantharis, from kantharos.] |
