| 单词 | spanish fly |
| 释义 | Spanish flySEE SYNONYMS FOR Spanish fly ON THESAURUS.COM nounAlso called cantharides. a preparation of powdered blister beetles, especially the Spanish fly, used medicinally as a counterirritant, diuretic, and aphrodisiac. Also Span·ish·fly .Also called cantharis. a common European blister beetle, Cantharis (Lytta) vesicatoria, that yields this preparation. Origin of Spanish flyFirst recorded in 1400–50; so called from the fact that the beetles are found in abundance in Spain Words nearby Spanish flySpanish cedar, Spanish Civil War, Spanish customs, Spanish dagger, Spanish flu, Spanish fly, Spanish foot, Spanish Guinea, Spanish guitar, Spanish heel, Spanish influenza Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for Spanish fly
British Dictionary definitions for Spanish flySpanish fly nouna European blister beetle, Lytta vesicatoria (family Meloidae), the dried bodies of which yield the pharmaceutical product cantharides another name for cantharides Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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