cantharide

English

Noun

cantharide (countable and uncountable, plural cantharides)

1. A substance obtained from soldier beetles (Cantharidae), formerly used as an aphrodisiac.

Derived terms

• cantharidal

 

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

cantharide f (plural cantharides)

1. Spanish fly

Further reading

• “cantharide”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Noun

cantharide

1. ablative singular of cantharis