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Spanish fly

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Noun

  1. 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.
  2. The beetle Lytta vesicatoria.

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