"cantharides" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /kænˈθæɹɪdiːz/ [UK]
Etymology: Late Middle English, from Latin cantharides, plural of cantharis. Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|-}} Middle English, {{der|en|la|cantharides}} Latin cantharides Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} cantharides (uncountable)
  1. Spanish fly, Lytta vesicatoria (syn. Cantharis vesicatoria). Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-cantharides-en-noun-lq0ddJM0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 59 41
  2. Spanish fly; a vesicant extracted from the beetle, popularly held to have aphrodisiac properties. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-cantharides-en-noun-WEaqLz3B Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cantharidism

Noun [Latin]

Forms: cantharidēs [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|la|noun form|head=cantharidēs}} cantharidēs
  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of cantharis Tags: accusative, form-of, nominative, plural, vocative Form of: cantharis
    Sense id: en-cantharides-la-noun-OijHcxFD Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries

Inflected forms

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