LYTTA

Meaning of LYTTA in English

Spanish flies

Animal names in Latin and English dict. Словарь названий животных в латинском и английском . 2012

LYTTA — ˈlid.ə noun Etymology: Latin, from Greek, from lytta, lyssa madness, rabies — more at lyssa 1. plural lyttae : a …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LYTTA — (n.) A fibrous and muscular band lying within the longitudinal axis of the tongue in many mammals, as the dog.
Английский словарь Webster
LYTTA — ( n. ) A fibrous and muscular band lying within the longitudinal axis of the tongue in many mammals, as …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LYTTA — /lit"euh/ , n. , pl. lyttas, lyttae /lit"ee/ . a long, worm-shaped cartilage in the tongue of the dog and …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LYTTA — noun a fibrous and muscular band lying within the longitudinal axis of the tongue in many mammals, as the dog.
Webster English vocab
SPANISH FLY — noun Date: circa 1634 a green blister beetle ( Lytta vesicatoria ) of southern Europe, cantharis 2
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BLISTER BEETLE — Any of approximately 2,000 species of beetles (family Meloidae) that secrete an irritating substance, cantharidin, which is used medically as …
Английский словарь Британика
WORM
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CANTHARIS — I. ˈkan(t)thərə̇s, ˈkaan- noun Etymology: alteration (influenced by Latin cantharis ) of Middle English cantharide, from Latin cantharid-, cantharis, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SPANISH FLY — noun Usage: usually capitalized S 1. : a brilliant green blister beetle ( Lytta vesicatoria ) common in the south …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NUTTALL BLISTER BEETLE — ˈnəd.ˌȯl- noun Usage: usually capitalized N Etymology: after Thomas Nuttall died 1859 American botanist and ornithologist born in England : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WORM (18) — (n.) To cut the worm, or lytta, from under the tongue of, as a dog, for the purpose of checking …
Английский словарь Webster
WORM (12) — (n.) A certain muscular band in the tongue of some animals, as the dog; the lytta. See Lytta.
Английский словарь Webster
UNWORMED — (a.) Not wormed; not having had the worm, or lytta, under the tongue cut out; -- said of a dog.
Английский словарь Webster
LYTTAE — (pl. ) of Lytta
Английский словарь Webster
CANTHARIS — (n.) A beetle (Lytta, / Cantharis, vesicatoria), havin1g an elongated cylindrical body of a brilliant green color, and a nauseous …
Английский словарь Webster
WORM — ( n. ) To cut the worm, or lytta, from under the tongue of, as a dog, for the purpose …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WORM — ( n. ) A certain muscular band in the tongue of some animals, as the dog; the lytta. See Lytta.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
UNWORMED — ( a. ) Not wormed; not having had the worm, or lytta, under the tongue cut out; -- said of …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LYTTAE — ( pl. ) of Lytta
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CANTHARIS — ( n. ) A beetle (Lytta, or Cantharis, vesicatoria), havin1g an elongated cylindrical body of a brilliant green color, and …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WORM
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SPANISH FLY — 1. Also called cantharides . a preparation of powdered blister beetles, esp. the Spanish fly, used medicinally as a counterirritant, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SPANISH FLY — Date: circa 1634 1. : a green blister beetle ( Lytta vesicatoria ) of southern Europe 2. : cantharis 2
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WORM
Webster English vocab
UNWORMED — adj not wormed; not having had the worm, or lytta, under the tongue cut out; said of a dog.
Webster English vocab
LYTTAE — pl of lytta.
Webster English vocab
CANTHARIS — noun a beetle (lytta, / cantharis, vesicatoria), having an elongated cylindrical body of a brilliant green color, and a nauseous …
Webster English vocab
BLISTER BEETLE — ■ noun a beetle that, when it is alarmed, secretes a substance that causes blisters. [ Lytta and other genera: …
Concise Oxford English vocab
SPANISH FLY — ■ noun a toxic preparation of the dried bodies of a bright green blister beetle ( Lytta vesicatoria ), formerly …
Concise Oxford English vocab
BLISTER BEETLE — Any of approximately 2,000 species of beetles (family Meloidae) that secrete an irritating substance, cantharidin, which is used medically as …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia

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