false widow
false widow · false widows
A spider with an appearance similar to the black widow, but which is not known to be…A spider with an appearance similar to the black widow, but which is not known to be deadly to humans, unlike the black widow.
Meaning
1 sensesA spider with an appearance similar to the black widow, but which is not known to be deadly to humans, unlike the black widow.
Origin
Short form of false widow spider. From the appearance similar to the black widow spider.Short form of false widow spider. From the appearance similar to the black widow spider.
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Forms
plural: false widows| Singular | false widow |
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Synonyms
3 synonymsspider:false black widowfalse black widow spiderfalse widow spider
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedblack widow