brown recluse spider


brown recluse spider

noun

Definition of BROWN RECLUSE SPIDER

: a venomous spider (Loxosceles reclusa) especially of the southern and central United States that has a violin-shaped mark on the cephalothorax and produces a dangerous cytotoxin which can cause necrotic lesions

First Known Use of BROWN RECLUSE SPIDER

1964

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