Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Some worm-insect injurious to plants.
- noun A beetle of the genus Cantharis or group Cantharides; especially, C. vesicatoria. See cut under
Cantharis .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun zoology Any member of the Cantharidae.
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word cantharid.
Examples
Sorry, no example sentences found.
yarb commented on the word cantharid
Both young ladies wore the very short and open evening gowns that Vass "miraged" that season - in the phrase of that season: Ada, a gauzy black, Lucette, a lustrous cantharid green.
- Nabokov, Ada, or Ardor
June 4, 2008