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Blister Beetle

Definition: Blister Beetle

Blister Beetle

Noun

1. Beetle that produces a secretion that blisters the skin.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

 

Synonym: Blister Beetle

Synonym: meloid (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Blister Beetle

English words defined with "blister beetle": Blister flyCantharisPotato flySpanish fly. (references)

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Image Slideshow: Blister Beetle

Illustrations: Blister Beetle

Subject(s): ... Blister beetle, Epicauta ...
Subject(s): ... insect, American, blister beetle, Epicauta ...

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Frequency of Internet Expressions: Blister Beetle

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

blister beetle

84
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Blister Beetle

Language Translations for "blister beetle"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

spansk flue (blister fly, green cantharide, Spanish fly). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

Spaanse vlieg (cantharides, Spanish fly), oliekever (oil beetle). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

toukohärät (oil beetle), espanjankärpänen (blister fly, green cantharide, Spanish fly). (various references)

   

French

  

mouche d'Espagne (blister fly), cantharide vésicante (blister fly), cantharide officinale (blister fly), cantharide du frêne (blister fly), cantharide. (various references)

   

German

  

Spanische Fliege (Spanish fly), Pflasterkaefer (blister fly, green cantharide, Spanish fly), oelkaefer (oil beetle). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κανθαρίδα η πράσινη (blister fly, green cantharide, Spanish fly), κανθαρίδα (oil beetle, soldier beetle). (various references)

   

Italian

  

meloe (oil beetle), cantaride (blister fly, green cantharide, soldier beetle, Spanish fly). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

isterblay eetlebay.(various references)

   

Shona

  

chinyamudzunge. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

cantárida (cantharides). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

spansk fluga (blister fly, green cantharide, Spanish fly), majbaggar (oil beetle). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

шпанська мушка (blister-fly), шпанка (blister-fly). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Blister Beetle

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

Lytta vesicatoria, Meloe. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Anagrams: Blister Beetle

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "b-b-e-e-e-e-i-l-l-r-s-t-t"

-3 letters: belittlers, belletrist.

-4 letters: belittler, belittles, billeters, rillettes.

-5 letters: beeriest, beetlers, belittle, besetter, billeter, brittles, leeriest, libelees, libelers, resettle, retitles, sleetier, steelier.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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