| 释义 |
brown recluse spider
noun
also brown recluse
Etymology: recluse probably from New Latin reclusa, specific epithet, from Late Latin, feminine of reclusus shut up; from its living chiefly in dark corners — more at recluse
: a venomous spider of the genus Loxosceles (L. reclusa) introduced especially into the southern and central United States that has a violin-shaped mark on the cephalothorax and produces a dangerous cytotoxin which can cause necrotic lesions |