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Spanish fly
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Spanish fly: see blister beetle blister beetle, common name for certain soft-bodied, usually black or brown, mostly elongate and cylindrical beetles belonging to the family Meloidae. Blister beetles are common insects found feeding on the flowers and foliage of various plants. Occasionally some, e.
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Spanish fly
preparation made of green blister beetles and used to incite cattle to mate. [Insect Symbolism: EB, IX: 399]
See : Aphrodisiacs
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