Căn’tha-ris, n.

n.; pl. CAN-THĂR’I-DĒS. [Lat. cantharis, pl. cantharides, Gr. κανθαρίς, a kind of beetle, esp. the Spanish or blistering fly.] (Entom.) A coleopterous insect or beetle of the family Cantharidæ (Cantharis vesicatoria), having an elongated cylindrical body of a brilliant green color, with black antennæ, and a large heart-shaped head, and a nauseous odor, the blister-fly of the apothecary. It is also called Spanish-fly, as the chief supply is from Spain.