Definition of Spanish fly in US English:
Spanish fly
nounˈspænɪʃ flaɪˈspaniSH flī
1A bright green European blister beetle.
Lytta vesicatoria, family Meloidae
- 1.1 A toxic preparation of the dried bodies of Spanish fly beetles, formerly used in medicine as a counterirritant and sometimes taken as an aphrodisiac.
Also called cantharides
Example sentencesExamples
- What should have been a party ends up a limp loser that no amount of Spanish fly could enliven.
- The show has not proven to be the small-screen equivalent of Spanish fly.