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black widow
noun
: a poisonous American spider
Full Definition of BLACK WIDOW
: a venomous New World spider (Latrodectus mactans) the female of which is black with an hourglass-shaped red mark on the underside of the abdomen
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First Known Use of BLACK WIDOW
1915
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BLACK WIDOW Defined for Kids
black widow
noun
Definition of BLACK WIDOW for Kids
: 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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black widow
noun black wid·ow \-ˈwid-ˌō\
Medical Definition of BLACK WIDOW
: a venomous New World spider of the genus Latrodectus (L. mactans) the female of which is black with an hourglass-shaped red mark on the underside of the abdomen
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