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LATRODECTUS MACTANS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Venomous New World spider; the female is black with an hourglass-shaped red mark on the underside of the abdomen
Synonyms:
black widow; Latrodectus mactans
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Latrodectus mactans" is a kind of...):
spider (predatory arachnid with eight legs, two poison fangs, two feelers, and usually two silk-spinning organs at the back end of the body; they spin silk to make cocoons for eggs or traps for prey)
Holonyms ("Latrodectus mactans" is a member of...):
genus Latrodectus; Latrodectus (venomous spiders)