transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkan(t)-thə-rəs ]
noun
( plural can·thar·i·des kan-ˈthar-ə-ˌdēz)
Etymology: Middle English & Latin; Middle English cantharide, from Latin cantharid-, cantharis, from Greek kantharid-, kantharis
Date: 14th century
1. : Spanish fly 1
2. plural but singular or plural in construction : a preparation of dried beetles (as Spanish flies) used in medicine as a counterirritant and formerly as an aphrodisiac