| 单词 | black widow |
| 释义 | > as lemmasblack widow black widow n. [after German Schwarze Witwe (1827 in the source translated in quot. 1831), itself after Kalmyk belvsn har < belvsn widow + har black; compare karakurt n.] (more fully black widow spider) any of various dangerously venomous spiders of the worldwide genus Latrodectus (family Theridiidae), the females of which are glossy black with red markings on the abdomen; esp. any of three species occurring in North America, formerly regarded as subspecies of L. mactans.In quot. 1830 perhaps: L. tredecimguttatus of Eurasia. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Arachnida > [noun] > order Aranea > suborder Labidognatha or Dipneumones > family Theridiidae or genus Theridion > latrodectus mactans (black widow) black widow1830 1830 Cousin Elizabeth 193 I read an account of them in a book that papa looked out for me; they are called the black widow spiders, and though they do all this mischief the poor Cossacks think it a great crime to kill them. 1831 tr. H. A. Zwick Calmuc Tartary 37 Millepedes,..tarantula,..and the still more poisonous scorpion-spider, which the Calmucs call the black widow, (belbussun chàrra) are every where to be met with, and are much dreaded. 1915 Jrnl. Parasitology 1 107 The not-infrequent occurrence of the notorious ‘black widow’ spider, Latrodectes mactans, in the vicinity of Stanford University. 1954 F. C. Lane All about Insect World 55 Once crushed between them, even the deadly black widow spider is doomed. 2001 N. Jones Rough Guide Trav. Health ii. 361 The brown recluse is responsible for more bites than the black widow in the USA. < as lemmas |
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