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cantharide

cantharide noun: a substance obtained from soldier beetles (Cantharidae), formerly used as an aphrodisiac.

Noun

cantharide (countable and uncountable, plural cantharides)

  1. A substance obtained from soldier beetles (Cantharidae), formerly used as an aphrodisiac.

Forms of cantharide

pluralcantharides

Words formed from cantharide

Questions about cantharide

What does cantharide mean?
Cantharide means a substance obtained from soldier beetles (Cantharidae), formerly used as an aphrodisiac.
What part of speech is cantharide?
Cantharide is a noun.
What is the plural of cantharide?
The plural of cantharide is cantharides.

Words near cantharide in the dictionary

  1. cantharidal
  2. cantharidate
  3. cantharidated
  4. cantharidates
  5. cantharidating
  6. cantharide
  7. cantharidean
  8. cantharides
  9. cantharidian
  10. cantharidiasis
  11. cantharidic

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