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单词 spanish fly
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
Spanish fly, 
    1. Also called cantharides. a preparation of powdered blister beetles, esp. the Spanish fly, used medicinally as a counterirritant, diuretic, and aphrodisiac.
    2. InsectsAlso, Spanish•fly′. Also called cantharis. a common European blister beetle, Cantharis (Lytta) vesicatoria, that yields this preparation.
    • so called from the fact that the beetles are found in abundance in Spain 1400–50

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Spanish fly n
  1. a European blister beetle, Lytta vesicatoria (family Meloidae), the dried bodies of which yield the pharmaceutical product cantharides
  2. another name for cantharides
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