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Definition of Cantharis

Cantharis
Blister Blis"ter, n. [OE.; akin to OD. bluyster, fr. the same root as blast, bladder, blow. See Blow to eject wind.] 1. A vesicle of the skin, containing watery matter or serum, whether occasioned by a burn or other injury, or by a vesicatory; a collection of serous fluid causing a bladderlike elevation of the cuticle. And painful blisters swelled my tender hands. --Grainger. 2. Any elevation made by the separation of the film or skin, as on plants; or by the swelling of the substance at the surface, as on steel. 3. A vesicatory; a plaster of Spanish flies, or other matter, applied to raise a blister. --Dunglison. Blister beetle, a beetle used to raise blisters, esp. the Lytta (or Cantharis) vesicatoria, called Cantharis or Spanish fly by druggists. See Cantharis. Blister fly, a blister beetle. Blister plaster, a plaster designed to raise a blister; -- usually made of Spanish flies. Blister steel, crude steel formed from wrought iron by cementation; -- so called because of its blistered surface. Called also blistered steel. Blood blister. See under Blood.
Cantharis
Cantharis Can"tha*ris, n.; pl. Cantharides. [L., a kind of beetle, esp. the Spanish fly, Gr. kanqari`s.] (Zo["o]l.) A beetle (Lytta, or Cantharis, vesicatoria), havin1g an elongated cylindrical body of a brilliant green color, and a nauseous odor; the blister fly or blister beetle, of the apothecary; -- also called Spanish fly. Many other species of Lytta, used for the same purpose, take the same name. See Blister beetle, under Blister. The plural form in usually applied to the dried insects used in medicine.

Meaning of Cantharis from wikipedia

- scientific name Cantharis vesicatoria. It is also sometimes called "cantharis" in the vernacular, but it is actually unrelated to Cantharis and is not a...
- Cantharis livida is a species of soldier beetle belonging to the genus Cantharis and the family Cantharidae. Cantharis livida reaches a length of 10–15...
- Cantharis fusca is a species of soldier beetle. Cantharis fusca reaches a length of 10–15 millimetres (0.39–0.59 in). Except for parts of the head and...
-  noctiluca Binomial name Lampyris noctiluca (Linnaeus, 1767) Synonyms Cantharis noctiluca Linnaeus, 1767 Lampyris bellieri Reiche, 1858 Lampyris carreti...
- Cantharis pellucida is a species of soldier beetle native to Europe. Fabricius, J.C.,1792 Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta. Secundum classes...
- Cantharis obscura is a species of beetle belonging to the family Cantharidae Cantharis obscura reaches a length of 9–13 millimetres (0.35–0.51 in). Elytra...
- Cantharis, a genus of soldier beetles in the family Cantharidae. Cantharis allosensis Pic, 1924 f Cantharis alticola (LeConte, 1881) i g b Cantharis aneba...
- adult Cantharis beetles in arable land. European Journal of Soil Biology, 42(2), 82-88. (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2005.10.001) Cantharis rustica...
- Cantharis rufa is a species of soldier beetles native to Europe. Linnaeus C. (1758). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines...
- Cantharis figurata is a species of soldier beetle native to Europe. Fauna Europaea Norman H. Joy, 1932 A Practical Handbook of British Beetles v t e...