Canadian English Meaning of cantharis
Spanish fly
Other Canadian English words related to Spanish fly
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Nearest Words of cantharis
- cantharidin => cantharidin
- cantharides => Cantharides
- cantharidal => cantharidal
- cantharellus floccosus => Funnel Chanterelle
- cantharellus clavatus => Chanterelle
- cantharellus cinnabarinus => Scarlet Funnel
- cantharellus cibarius => Golden Chanterelle
- cantharellus => Chanterelle
- cantering rhythm => Canter
- cantering => cantering
Definitions and Meaning of cantharis in English
cantharis (n.)
A beetle (Lytta, / 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.
FAQs About the word cantharis
Spanish fly
A beetle (Lytta, / Cantharis, vesicatoria), havin1g an elongated cylindrical body of a brilliant green color, and a nauseous odor; the blister fly or blister be
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cantharidin => cantharidin, cantharides => Cantharides, cantharidal => cantharidal, cantharellus floccosus => Funnel Chanterelle, cantharellus clavatus => Chanterelle,
