ALL meanings of spanish fly
Span·ish fly
S s - noun spanish fly aphrodisiac obtained from beetles 1
- noun spanish fly Also called cantharides. a preparation of powdered blister beetles, especially the Spanish fly, used medicinally as a counterirritant, diuretic, and aphrodisiac. 1
- noun spanish fly Also, Spanishfly. Also called cantharis. a common European blister beetle, Cantharis (Lytta) vesicatoria, that yields this preparation. 1
- noun spanish fly a European blister beetle, Lytta vesicatoria (family Meloidae), the dried bodies of which yield the pharmaceutical product cantharides 0
- noun spanish fly a bright-green blister beetle (Lytta vesicatoria) of S Europe 0
- noun spanish fly cantharides (sense 2) 0