单词 | jockey spider |
释义 | > as lemmasjockey spider jockey spider n. Australian a venomous black spider, Latrodectus hasseltii, the female of which is distinguished by a red stripe on the upper side of its abdomen; also = katipo n.; also elliptically jockey. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Arachnida > [noun] > order Aranea > suborder Labidognatha or Dipneumones > family Theridiidae or genus Theridion > latrodectus hasselti (red-backed spider) red-backed spider1895 jockey spider1933 red-back1933 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Arachnida > [noun] > order Aranea > suborder Labidognatha or Dipneumones > family Theridiidae or genus Theridion > latrodectus katipo (red-backed spider) katipo1843 jockey spider1933 1933 Bulletin (Sydney) 15 Nov. 20/4 Latrodectus, which we call the ‘redback’ or ‘jockey’. 1936 K. C. McKeown Spider Wonders Austral. xi. 155 In the Jockey Spider the red stripe is a direct and unmistakable warning. 1942 C. Barrett On Wallaby ii. 30 An infant bitten by a ‘jockey’..died six hours later. 1944 Living off Land: Man. Bushcraft vi. 129 The red-back spider, or katipo, also called the ‘jockey’ spider, definitely is harmful. 1965 Austral. Encycl. VIII. 236/2 The best-known Australian member [of the comb-footed group of spiders] is the red-back, red-spot, or jockey spider, Latrodectus hasseltii, with a distribution from Arabia to New Guinea, the whole of Australia, the Pacific Islands, Hawaii and New Zealand; in the last-named country it is called ‘katipo’ (night~stinger). < as lemmas |
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