black widow

English

A female black widow (Latrodectus mactans)

Pronunciation

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Noun

black widow (plural black widows)

2. Any of several species of venomous and potentially deadly spiders, particularly Latrodectus spp.
   • 1954, Ian Fleming, “The Everglades”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 123:

     Looking out at the gloomy silent withered forests, Bond thought that nothing could be living in them except bats and scorpions, horned toads and black widow spiders.

3. A woman who kills one or more of her lovers.
4. A female suicide bomber, sometimes one intending to avenge her husband who was killed.

Hyponyms

• (spider): Latrodectus mactans, Latrodectus hesperus, Latrodectus variolus – selected species

Derived terms

• black widow knee slide

Translations

species of venomous spider

• Afrikaans: knopiespinnekop (af)
• Armenian: սև այրի (sew ayri)
• Azerbaijani: qaradul, qaraqurd
• Catalan: vídua negra f
• Cheyenne: mo'ôhtáevé'ho'á'e
• Danish: sort enke c
• Dutch: zwarte weduwe (nl) f
• Esperanto: nigra vidvino
• Finnish: mustaleski (fi)
• French: veuve noire (fr) f
• Georgian: შავი ქვრივი (šavi kvrivi), ყარაყურთი (q̇araq̇urti)
• German: schwarze Witwe f
• Greek: μαύρη χήρα f (mávri chíra)
• Hebrew: אַלְמָנָה שְׁחֹרָה (he) (almana sh'khora)
• Hungarian: fekete özvegy pók, vöröshátú pók
• Irish: baintreach dhubh f
• Italian: vedova nera f
• Macedonian: црна вдовица f (crna vdovica)
• Navajo: naʼashjéʼii bijéí dah łichíiʼii, naʼashjéʼii diłhiłí
• Norwegian: sorte enke f
• Polish: czarna wdowa (pl) f
• Portuguese: viúva-negra f
• Romanian: văduvă neagră
• Russian: чёрная вдова́ f (čórnaja vdová)
• Slovene: črna vdova f
• Spanish: viuda negra (es) f, cazampulga f (Honduras)
• Swedish: svart änka c
• Turkish: karadul (tr)
• Ukrainian: чо́рна вдова́ f (čórna vdová)

woman who kills a lover

• Catalan: vídua negra f
• Dutch: zwarte weduwe (nl) f
• Esperanto: nigra vidvino
• Finnish: mustaleski (fi)
• French: veuve noire (fr) f
• German: schwarze Witwe f
• Greek: μαύρη χήρα f (mávri chíra)
• Italian: vedova nera f
• Navajo: naʼashjéʼii bijéí dah łichíiʼii, naʼashjéʼii diłhiłí
• Norwegian: sorte enke f
• Portuguese: viúva-negra f
• Russian: чёрная вдова́ f (čórnaja vdová)
• Slovene: črna vdova f
• Spanish: viuda negra (es), cazampulga f (Honduras)
• Turkish: karadul (tr)

shaheed widow

• Russian: чёрная вдова́ f (čórnaja vdová), шахи́дка (ru) f (šaxídka)
• Turkish: karadul (tr)

See also

• katipo (New Zealand)
• redback (Australia)

References

• “black widow”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• black widow on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Latrodectus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Latrodectus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons