CANTHARIS


Meaning of CANTHARIS in English

noun (plural cantharides) Etymology: Middle English & Latin; Middle English cantharide, from Latin cantharid-, ~, from Greek kantharid-, kantharis Date: 14th century Spanish fly 1, a preparation of dried beetles (as Spanish flies) used in medicine as a counterirritant and formerly as an aphrodisiac

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