音标:['kænθәris] ;
n. (cantharides的单数形)[昆]斑蝥(可药用)
n. A beetle (Lytta, / 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.

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学英语单词
adjis
Aletris alpestris
ammonia plant
anonymous letter of accusation
bandovan burnu
Barrow's goldeneye
bilateral system
blowouts
Brachelen
butt welding type
cachexia syphilitica
Catholics
chaac
Choba
cmcs
common fraction system
Corydalis cheilosticta
delta voltage
dictyopteris repens
dorsal nucleus
echinoecus pentagonus
electrically-operated
escop
Ettingshausen effect
expanding clutch screw type
fallout wind plot
first voyage
Fizeau experiment
Flk-1
forlance
fortezzas
frequent-flier mile
fritter away
ft.
Galium sungpanense
Gaoshu Township
gastrinomas
gastrul stage
genus Bumelia
ghararas
hemihelicoid
hog-pen
hom-
Ilex chuniana
in-line heat treatment
interceptor governor valve
interlink
International Salvage Union
Ishihara plate
Jacobi polynomial
joltsqueeze
judge distance
kangaroo bars
kareba, kareeba
leguminose
Lovelace, Richard
making love
mechanical metallurgy
medicospot
metering valve
methylenediphosphonate
Methylnorepinephrine
michiko
microtubule
miss one's aim
mobility over unprepared terrain
moulded laminated product
mucedinous
multilayer dielectric passivation
N-nitrosomorpholine
necrolysin
nightvisibility
ocelligerus
Palmaiola, I.
pasture degradation
phase-lock frequency synthesizer
pinot noir
police lieutenants
Porphyrula
prepaid rent
producing homogeneous magnetic field
recovery tdination manager
refractory slab
reisner
reprehended
reverse-mortgage
rocket-firing button
scir
scutica
Self-Discharged
sequential function
sobered
surface-activity
Takaka
tiller chain
tonnage breadth
Umm Rishah, Birkat
unjournalized
vasaro
vesiculotubular
Villance
wheat malt