See Spanish fly in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
Download JSON data for Spanish fly meaning in English (5.5kB)
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "Spanish flies",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "-",
"2": "+"
},
"expansion": "Spanish fly (usually uncountable, plural Spanish flies)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "61 39",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "55 45",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"parents": [
"Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "58 42",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
"parents": [
"Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "60 40",
"kind": "lifeform",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Tenebrionoid beetles",
"orig": "en:Tenebrionoid beetles",
"parents": [
"Beetles",
"Insects",
"Arthropods",
"Animals",
"Lifeforms",
"All topics",
"Life",
"Fundamental",
"Nature"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "2010, Carol Turkington, Deborah R. Mitchell, cantharidin, entry in Encyclopaedia of Poisons and Antidotes, 3rd Edition, page 49,\nIngestion of Spanish fly causes burning in the throat and sloughing of the upper gastrointestinal tract."
},
{
"ref": "2012, Richard Webster, The Encyclopedia of Superstitions, page 11",
"text": "The best-known aphrodisiac is Spanish fly, which is made from the wings of the blister beetle. Spanish fly creates a condition known as priapism in men. This is long-standing erection, which sounds good in theory. Unfortunately, Spanish fly removes all sensitivity from the organ, rendering it ineffective. In women the results are more severe. These include depression, vomiting, inflammation of the kidneys, and even death.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A supposed aphrodisiac extracted from the beetle Lytta vesicatoria; cantharidin, the active ingredient, a vesicant used as a defence by L. vesicatoria and other blister beetles."
],
"id": "en-Spanish_fly-en-noun-tyVZ2p~c",
"links": [
[
"aphrodisiac",
"aphrodisiac"
],
[
"cantharidin",
"cantharidin"
],
[
"vesicant",
"vesicant"
],
[
"blister beetle",
"blister beetle"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(uncountable) A supposed aphrodisiac extracted from the beetle Lytta vesicatoria; cantharidin, the active ingredient, a vesicant used as a defence by L. vesicatoria and other blister beetles."
],
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "56 44",
"word": "blister beetle"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 44",
"word": "meloid"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"sense": "supposed aphrodisiac",
"word": "cantharis"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"sense": "supposed aphrodisiac",
"word": "cantharides"
}
],
"tags": [
"uncountable",
"usually"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "85 15",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "kužxâr",
"sense": "cantharidin",
"word": "کوژخار"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 15",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "bâğuje",
"sense": "cantharidin",
"word": "باغوجه"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 15",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "kâğone",
"sense": "cantharidin",
"word": "کاغنه"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 15",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "špánskaja múška",
"sense": "cantharidin",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "шпа́нская му́шка"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "55 45",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"parents": [
"Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1850, Thomas Duché Mitchell, Materia Medica and Therapeutics, page 248",
"text": "The Spanish fly abounds in the south of France, Spain, and Italy, and is found on the ash, lilac, privet, elder, honeysuckle, plum, willow, and elm trees.[…]The American fly is rather smaller than the Spanish fly, and of a much darker color.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2003, T. F. Allen, Hand Book of Materia Medica and Homoeopathic Therapeutics, page 266",
"text": "Spanish flies applied to the skin produce blisters (vesication, with inflammation and even sloughing).",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The beetle Lytta vesicatoria."
],
"id": "en-Spanish_fly-en-noun-FQK3puDG",
"links": [
[
"beetle",
"beetle"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(countable) The beetle Lytta vesicatoria."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "43 57",
"sense": "Lytta vesicatoria",
"word": "cantharis"
}
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"usually"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "43 57",
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "Lytta vesicatoria",
"word": "errauli"
},
{
"_dis1": "43 57",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Lytta vesicatoria",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cantharide"
},
{
"_dis1": "43 57",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kantharída",
"sense": "Lytta vesicatoria",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "κανθαρίδα"
},
{
"_dis1": "43 57",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "kantharís",
"sense": "Lytta vesicatoria",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "κανθαρίς"
},
{
"_dis1": "43 57",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "špánskaja múška",
"sense": "Lytta vesicatoria",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "шпа́нская му́шка"
},
{
"_dis1": "43 57",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "špánka jásenevaja",
"sense": "Lytta vesicatoria",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "шпа́нка я́сеневая"
},
{
"_dis1": "43 57",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "Lytta vesicatoria",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cantárida"
}
]
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Spanish fly"
],
"word": "Spanish fly"
}
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English nouns",
"English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
"English uncountable nouns",
"Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)",
"en:Tenebrionoid beetles"
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "Spanish flies",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "-",
"2": "+"
},
"expansion": "Spanish fly (usually uncountable, plural Spanish flies)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "blister beetle"
},
{
"word": "meloid"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English uncountable nouns",
"Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "2010, Carol Turkington, Deborah R. Mitchell, cantharidin, entry in Encyclopaedia of Poisons and Antidotes, 3rd Edition, page 49,\nIngestion of Spanish fly causes burning in the throat and sloughing of the upper gastrointestinal tract."
},
{
"ref": "2012, Richard Webster, The Encyclopedia of Superstitions, page 11",
"text": "The best-known aphrodisiac is Spanish fly, which is made from the wings of the blister beetle. Spanish fly creates a condition known as priapism in men. This is long-standing erection, which sounds good in theory. Unfortunately, Spanish fly removes all sensitivity from the organ, rendering it ineffective. In women the results are more severe. These include depression, vomiting, inflammation of the kidneys, and even death.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A supposed aphrodisiac extracted from the beetle Lytta vesicatoria; cantharidin, the active ingredient, a vesicant used as a defence by L. vesicatoria and other blister beetles."
],
"links": [
[
"aphrodisiac",
"aphrodisiac"
],
[
"cantharidin",
"cantharidin"
],
[
"vesicant",
"vesicant"
],
[
"blister beetle",
"blister beetle"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(uncountable) A supposed aphrodisiac extracted from the beetle Lytta vesicatoria; cantharidin, the active ingredient, a vesicant used as a defence by L. vesicatoria and other blister beetles."
],
"tags": [
"uncountable",
"usually"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English terms with quotations",
"Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1850, Thomas Duché Mitchell, Materia Medica and Therapeutics, page 248",
"text": "The Spanish fly abounds in the south of France, Spain, and Italy, and is found on the ash, lilac, privet, elder, honeysuckle, plum, willow, and elm trees.[…]The American fly is rather smaller than the Spanish fly, and of a much darker color.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2003, T. F. Allen, Hand Book of Materia Medica and Homoeopathic Therapeutics, page 266",
"text": "Spanish flies applied to the skin produce blisters (vesication, with inflammation and even sloughing).",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The beetle Lytta vesicatoria."
],
"links": [
[
"beetle",
"beetle"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(countable) The beetle Lytta vesicatoria."
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"usually"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "supposed aphrodisiac",
"word": "cantharis"
},
{
"sense": "supposed aphrodisiac",
"word": "cantharides"
},
{
"sense": "Lytta vesicatoria",
"word": "cantharis"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "kužxâr",
"sense": "cantharidin",
"word": "کوژخار"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "bâğuje",
"sense": "cantharidin",
"word": "باغوجه"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "kâğone",
"sense": "cantharidin",
"word": "کاغنه"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "špánskaja múška",
"sense": "cantharidin",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "шпа́нская му́шка"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "Lytta vesicatoria",
"word": "errauli"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Lytta vesicatoria",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cantharide"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kantharída",
"sense": "Lytta vesicatoria",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "κανθαρίδα"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "kantharís",
"sense": "Lytta vesicatoria",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "κανθαρίς"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "špánskaja múška",
"sense": "Lytta vesicatoria",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "шпа́нская му́шка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "špánka jásenevaja",
"sense": "Lytta vesicatoria",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "шпа́нка я́сеневая"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "Lytta vesicatoria",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cantárida"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Spanish fly"
],
"word": "Spanish fly"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-30 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (210104c and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.