- black widow spider
- Latrodectus mactans, a species found in the United States, whose bite causes pain and sometimes death.
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black widow spider
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Black widow spider — Taxobox name = Black widow image width = 211px regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Arachnida ordo = Araneae suborder: Labidognatha familia = Theridiidae genus = Latrodectus subdivision ranks = Species subdivision = L. mactans… … Wikipedia
Black Widow — may refer to:Wildlife* The black widow spider, the common name for several species of venomous spider * False black widow, spiders of the genus Steatoda , often mistaken for widow spiders * Black widow (fish) ( Stygnobrotula latebricola ), a… … Wikipedia
Widow spider — Taxobox name = Widow spiders image width = 211px image caption = Black Widow spider regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Arachnida ordo = Araneae familia = Theridiidae genus = Latrodectus genus authority = Walckenaer, 1805 subdivision… … Wikipedia
Black Widow (arcade game) — Infobox VG title = Black Widow caption=Black Widow Title Screen developer = Atari publisher = Atari designer = released = 1982 (Arcade) platforms= Arcade Game genre = Multidirectional shooter modes = Single player input = 2 8 way Joysticks arcade … Wikipedia
black widow — noun venomous New World spider; the female is black with an hourglass shaped red mark on the underside of the abdomen • Syn: ↑Latrodectus mactans • Hypernyms: ↑spider • Member Holonyms: ↑Latrodectus, ↑genus Latrodectus * * * noun, pl ⋯ o … Useful english dictionary
black widow spider venom — Potent neurotoxin that induces catastrophic release of acetylcholine from presynaptic terminals of cholinergic chemical synapses … Dictionary of molecular biology
black widow spider antivenin — a. (Latrodectus mactans) … Medical dictionary
Black Widow (Marvel Comics) — Black Widow is the name of several fictional superheroines appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. Most of these versions exist in Marvel s main shared universe, known as the Marvel Universe. Contents 1 Claire Voyant 2 Natalia… … Wikipedia
black widow — type of poisonous spider (Latrodectus mactans) in U.S. South, 1904, so called from its color and from the female s supposed habit of eating the male after mating (they are cannibalistic, but this particular behavior is rare in the wild).… … Etymology dictionary
black widow — n a very poisonous type of ↑spider that is black with red marks … Dictionary of contemporary English
