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Definition: Cantharides
Cantharides
\Can*thar"i*des\ (k[a^]n*th[a^]r"[i^]*d[=e]z), n.
pl.
See
Cantharis.
[1913 Webster]
Cantharis
\Can"tha*ris\ (k[a^]n"th[.a]*r[i^]s), n.; pl.
Cantharides (k[a^]n*th[a^]r"[i^]*d[=e]z). [L., a kind of
beetle, esp. the Spanish fly, Gr. kanqari`s.] (Zo["o]l.)
A beetle (
Lytta vesicatoria, syn.
Cantharis vesicatoria),
having an elongated cylindrical body of a brilliant green
color, and a nauseous odor; the blister fly or blister
beetle, of the apothecary; -- also called
Spanish fly. Many
other species of
Lytta, used for the same purpose, take the
same name. See
Blister beetle, under
Blister. The plural
form in usually applied to the dried insects used in
medicine.
[1913 Webster]
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