Spanish Fly Definition
noun
A bright-green blister beetle (Lytta vesicatoria) of S Europe.
Webster's New World
A toxic preparation of the crushed, dried bodies of this beetle, formerly used as a counter-irritant for skin blisters and as an aphrodisiac.
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