[化] 斑蝥

[医] 斑蝥, 芫青

Cantharides \Can*thar"i*des\ (k[a^]n*th[a^]r"[i^]*d[=e]z), n.
pl.
See {Cantharis}.


Cantharis \Can"tha*ris\ (k[a^]n"th[.a]*r[i^]s), n.; pl.
{Cantharides} (k[a^]n*th[a^]r"[i^]*d[=e]z). [L., a kind of
beetle, esp. the Spanish fly, Gr. kanqari`s.] (Zo["o]l.)
A beetle ({Lytta vesicatoria}, syn. {Cantharis vesicatoria}),
having 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.