カンタリス

noun

cantharides; Spanish fly

Refers to the dried beetle Cantharis vesicatoria, used in traditional medicine and historically as an aphrodisiac; also known as スパニッシュフライ.

from Latin cantharis

See also: スパニッシュフライ

• カンタリスは、かつて媚び薬やくとして使つかわれたことがある。

  Cantharides were once used as an aphrodisiac.