black widow

English

A female black widow.

Noun

black widow (plural black widows)

1. Any of several species of venomous and potentially deadly spiders, particularly Latrodectus sp..
2. A woman who kills one or more of her lovers.
3. A female martyr (a suicide bomber or shaheed), whose husband was killed.

Hyponyms

• (spider): , ,

Translations

species of venomous spider

• Afrikaans: knopiespinnekop
• 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 f
• Esperanto: nigra vidvino
• Finnish: mustaleski (fi)
• French: veuve noire (fr) f
• Georgian: შავი ქვრივი (šavi kvrivi), ყარაყურთი (q̇araq̇urti)
• German: schwarze Witwe f
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• Greek: μαύρη χήρα f (mávri chíra)
• Hebrew: אַלְמָנָה שְׁחֹרָה (he) (almana sh'khora)
• Irish: baintreach dhubh f
• 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) f, cazampulga f (Honduras)
• Swedish: svart änka c
• Turkish: karadul (tr)

a murderous woman

• Catalan: vídua negra f
• Dutch: zwarte weduwe 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
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• 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 (Honduras)
• Turkish: karadul (tr)

a shahid widow

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

See also

• katipo (New Zealand)
• redback (Australia)