English Dictionary

cantharides

/kænˈθæɹɪdiːz/

noun

Spanish fly, Lytta vesicatoria (syn. Cantharis vesicatoria). / Spanish fly; a vesicant extracted from the beetle, popularly held to have aphrodisiac properties.

Cantharides are often used as an aphrodisiac.

意味（1）

Spanish fly, Lytta vesicatoria (syn. Cantharis vesicatoria).

意味（2）

Spanish fly; a vesicant extracted from the beetle, popularly held to have aphrodisiac properties.

I can make the most subtle sauces yield up their secret—whether it be white arsenic, rosalgar, mercury sublimate, or cantharides.