cantharis
- singular of cantharides.
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Under this heading may also be mentioned the domesticated insects, the silkworm, the bee and the cantharis.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" by Various
But Numenius, in his Art of Fishing, enumerates plainly enough some sort of ὕαινα or plaice, when he says— The cantharis, hyæna, and the mullet.
From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us
The cantharis is largely reared in Spain, but also in other countries in southern and central Europe.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" by Various
