HyperDic: latrodectus_mactans

English > 1 sense of the expression Latrodectus mactans:
NOUNanimalLatrodectus mactans, black widowvenomous New World spider
English > Latrodectus mactans: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningvenomous New World spider; the female is black with an hourglass-shaped red mark on the underside of the abdomen.
Synonymblack widow
Member ofLatrodectus, genus Latrodectusvenomous spiders
Broaderspiderpredatory arachnid with eight legs, two poison fangs, two feelers, and usually two silk-spinning organs at the back end of the body
Spanishcazampulga, viuda negra
Catalanlatrodectus mactans, vídua negra

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