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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin Cantharida, from Latin canthăris.
Noun
cantárida f (plural cantáridas)
- Spanish fly
1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 242:Una pequeña dosis del polvo de siete cantáridas, basta para rendir la voluntad de la persona a quien se dé a tomar.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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