cantharides

(kan t̸harə dēz′)

plural noun

  1. cantharis
  2. a dangerous, sometimes fatal, preparation of powdered, dried Spanish flies, formerly used internally as a diuretic and aphrodisiac and externally as a skin irritant

Origin: ME cantarides < L cantharides, pl. of cantharis, kind of beetle, Spanish fly < Gr kantharis, blister beetle

See cantharides in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
Plural of cantharis.
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