BLISTER BEETLE


Meaning of BLISTER BEETLE in English

Function: noun

Date: 1816

: a beetle (as the Spanish fly) used medicinally dried and powdered to raise blisters on the skin broadly : any of a family (Meloidae) of soft-bodied beetles whose blood contains cantharidin

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