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Spanish fly
noun
1.
Also called cantharides. a preparation of powdered blister beetles, especially 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.
Origin:
1400–50; so called from the fact that the beetles are found in abundance in Spain
1400–50; so called from the fact that the beetles are found in abundance in Spain
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Spanish fly
is always a great word to know.
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| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
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| Spanish fly | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a European blister beetle, Lytta vesicatoria (family Meloidae), the dried bodies of which yield the pharmaceutical product cantharides |
| 2. | another name for cantharides |
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