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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'cantharis' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions cantharis noun (cantharides) (context, usually in plural) The Spanish fly, Lytta vesicatoria, taken to have aphrodisiac properties. 1964, Anthony Burgess, Nothing Like The Sun: :Speaking her name, it was as if he spake pure cantharides. "Quick," she panted. "There is time before they are all about. Again." 1992, Will Self, Cock and Bull: :It"s lucky that Carol had taken the precaution of obtaining some cantharides; without them the evening might have been a dead loss. 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 612: :Basically Louis's drug dealer and pimp, Richelieu, known for opium recipes to fit all occasions, is also credited with the introduction into France of the cantharides, or Spanish fly. Etymology: From Latin, cantharis, from Ancient Greek (polytonic, ).        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.allwords.com Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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