| 单词 | false widow spider |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfalse widow spider false widow n. (more fully false widow spider) any of various spiders of the genus Steatoda (family Theridiidae), related to black widow spiders but much less dangerous to humans; esp. S. nobilis of Madeira and the Canary Islands (and naturalized in parts of Europe), the bite of which can be painful. ΚΠ 1942 Bull. Southern Calif. Acad. Sci. 41 17 The False Widow in its adult color is almost as black as the Black Widow. 1999 Evening Standard (Nexis) 4 June 20 The rotund black and brown spider, Steatoda noblis [sic] (one of the false widow spiders), introduced from the Canary Islands is now present in substantial colonies along the south coast of England. 2003 Daily Tel. 5 Feb. 5 Paul Hillyard, curator of spiders, said yesterday that it was a Steatoda Nobilis, also known as a false widow. ‘It closely resembles the black widow but its venom is more like a wasp sting.’ < as lemmas |
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