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单词 Spanish fly
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Definition of Spanish fly in English:

Spanish fly

noun
  • 1A bright green European blister beetle.

    Lytta vesicatoria, family Meloidae

    1. 1.1mass noun 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.
 
 

Definition of Spanish fly in US English:

Spanish fly

nounˈspænɪʃ flaɪˈspaniSH flī
  • 1A bright green European blister beetle.

    Lytta vesicatoria, family Meloidae

    1. 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.
 
 
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