Spanish fly
Noun
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Noun
Spanish fly (uncountable)
- (uncountable) A supposed aphrodisiac extracted from the beetle Lytta vesicatoria; cantharidin, the active ingredient, a vesicant used as a defence by L. vesicatoria and other blister beetles.
- 2010, Carol Turkington, Deborah R. Mitchell, cantharidin, entry in Encyclopaedia of Poisons and Antidotes, 3rd Edition, page 49 ↗,
- Ingestion of Spanish fly causes burning in the throat and sloughing of the upper gastrointestinal tract.
- 2010, Carol Turkington, Deborah R. Mitchell, cantharidin, entry in Encyclopaedia of Poisons and Antidotes, 3rd Edition, page 49 ↗,
- (countable) The beetle Lytta vesicatoria.
- (supposed aphrodisiac) cantharis, cantharides
- (Lytta vesicatoria) cantharis
- Russian: шпа́нская му́шка
- Russian: шпа́нская му́шка
- Spanish: cantárida
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