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–noun, plural lyt·tas, lyt·tae

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a long, worm-shaped cartilage in the tongue of the dog and other carnivorous animals.

[Origin: 1595–1605; < NL < Gk lýtta, Attic form of lýssa rage, rabies; so named because the cartilage was thought to be a parasite causing rabies

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n. pl. lyt·tae (lĭt'ē')
A thin cartilaginous strip on the underside of the tongue of certain carnivorous mammals, such as dogs.

[Latin, worm under a dog's tongue (said to cause madness), from Greek lussa, lutta, madness, rabies; see wk^wo- in Indo-European roots.]

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Main Entry: Lyt·ta
Pronunciation: 'lit-&
Function: noun
: a widespread genus of blister beetles (family Meloidae) containing the Spanish fly(L. vesicatoria)

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Lytta

Can"tha*ris\, n.; pl. Cantharides. [L., a kind of beetle, esp. the Spanish fly, Gr. kanqari`s.] (Zo["o]l.) A beetle (Lytta, or Cantharis, vesicatoria), havin1g an elongated cylindrical body of a brilliant green color, and a nauseous odor; the blister fly or blister beetle, of the apothecary; -- also called Spanish fly. Many other species of Lytta, used for the same purpose, take the same name. See Blister beetle, under Blister. The plural form in usually applied to the dried insects used in medicine.

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