单词 | french fly |
释义 | > as lemmasFrench fly ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Diversicornia > family Cantharidae > genus Cantharides > member of blister-fly1585 French flya1641 Spanish fly1654 blister-beetle1816 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 330 The Cantharides or French greene Flies.] a1641 J. Webster & T. Heywood Appius & Virginia (1654) iii. 28 Your French flye applied to the nape of the neck for the French Rheume. 1736 Compl. Family-piece i. i. 15 Take French Flies..and a few Drops of Vinegar. 1854 W. Carleton Tales & Sketches Irish Peasantry 119 The use especially of cantharides, or French flies, in the hands of the ignorant, has often been said to induce madness. < as lemmas |
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