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SPANISH FLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Spanish fly mean?
• SPANISH FLY (noun)
The noun SPANISH FLY has 1 sense:
1. green beetle of southern Europe
Familiarity information: SPANISH FLY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Green beetle of southern Europe
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("Spanish fly" is a kind of...):
blister beetle; meloid (beetle that produces a secretion that blisters the skin)
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