black widow
Definition of black widow
: a venomous New World spider (Latrodectus mactans of the family Theridiidae) the female of which is black with an hourglass-shaped red mark on the underside of the abdomen; broadly : any of various related venomous spiders that have a large globular, usually glossy, dark abdomen often marked with red and long and wiry legs
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1830
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1830
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Definition of black widow for English Language Learners
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: a poisonous American spider
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: a poisonous spider the female of which is black with a red mark shaped like an hourglass on the underside of the abdomen
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