cantharis

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Английский Язык - Турецкий язык
(çoğulu: cantharides)
Kuduzböcegi, (zool.) Cantharis
Kuduzböceğinden yapılan bir ilâç
kuduzböcegi
Английский Язык - Английский Язык
The Spanish fly, Lytta vesicatoria, taken to have aphrodisiac properties

Basically Louis's drug dealer and pimp, Richelieu, known for opium recipes to fit all occasions, is also credited with the introduction into France of the cantharides, or Spanish fly.

{i} Spanish fly, bright green European blister beetle
Many other species of Lytta, used for the same purpose, take the same name
The plural form in usually applied to the dried insects used in medicine
See Blister beetle, under Blister
A beetle (Lytta, or Cantharis, vesicatoria), havin1g 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
cantharis

    Расстановка переносов

    can·tha·ris

    Произношение

    Этимология

    () From Latin cantharis, from Ancient Greek κανθαρίς.
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