black widow

1. 1.

   venomous New World spider; the female is black with an hourglass-shaped red mark on the underside of the abdomen

   SynonymsLatrodectus mactans

   Broaderspider

   Part ofLatrodectus

Questions about black widow

What does black widow mean?

black widow means "venomous New World spider; the female is black with an hourglass-shaped red mark on the underside of the abdomen".

What is another word for black widow?

Close synonyms include Latrodectus mactans. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.