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Definition of Spanish fly noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

Spanish fly

noun

(pl. Spanish flies)

1[countable] a bright green insect that has a strong smell and produces a harmful substance

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2[uncountable] a poisonous mixture made from the crushed bodies of these insects, that is said to give people a strong desire to have sex

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