Spanish fly

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Spanish fly

See cantharis.

Spanish fly

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a European blister beetle, Lytta vesicatoria (family Meloidae), the dried bodies of which yield the pharmaceutical product cantharides

2. (Medicine / Pharmacology) another name for cantharides

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Spanish fly - green beetle of southern Europe

blister beetle, meloid - beetle that produces a secretion that blisters the skin

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