[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

blister \blis"ter\, n. oe.; akin to od. bluyster, fr. the same
   root as blast, bladder, blow. see blow to eject wind.
   1. a vesicle of the skin, containing watery matter or serum,
      whether occasioned by a burn or other injury, or by a
      vesicatory; a collection of serous fluid causing a
      bladderlike elevation of the cuticle.
      1913 webster

            and painful blisters swelled my tender hands.
                                                  --grainger.
      1913 webster

   2. any elevation made by the separation of the film or skin,
      as on plants; or by the swelling of the substance at the
      surface, as on steel.
      1913 webster

   3. a vesicatory; a plaster of spanish flies, or other matter,
      applied to raise a blister. --dunglison.
      1913 webster

   blister beetle, a beetle used to raise blisters, esp. the
      lytta vesicatoria or cantharis vesicatoria, called
      cantharis or spanish fly by druggists. see
      cantharis.

   blister fly, a blister beetle.

   blister plaster, a plaster designed to raise a blister; --
      usually made of spanish flies.

   blister steel, crude steel formed from wrought iron by
      cementation; -- so called because of its blistered
      surface. called also blistered steel.

   blood blister. see under blood.
      1913 webster
see also:
blow blister beetle lytta vesicatoria cantharis vesicatoria cantharis spanish fly 
blister fly blister plaster blister steel blistered steel blood blister 
blood 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

blister beetle
     n : beetle that produces a secretion that blisters the skin
         syn: meloid
see also:
meloid 

Blister Beetle >> B Words
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Blister >> B Words
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Beetle >> B Words
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Goliath Beetle >> G Words
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June Beetle >> J Words
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Fever Blister >> F Words
Fever Blister, definition of term: Fever Blister
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Japanese Beetle >> J Words
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Darkling Beetle >> D Words
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Blood Blister >> B Words
Blood Blister, definition of term: Blood Blister
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Click Beetle >> C Words
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