black widow
noun1
Any of several species of venomous and potentially deadly spiders, particularly Latrodectus spp.
- Looking out at the gloomy silent withered forests, Bond thought that nothing could be living in them except bats and scorpions, horned toads and black widow spiders.1954, Ian Fleming, “The Everglades”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 123:
2
A woman who kills one or more of her lovers.
3
A female suicide bomber, sometimes one intending to avenge her husband who was killed.
- Derived terms
- black widow knee slide
- Hyponyms
- Latrodectus mactans, Latrodectus hesperus, Latrodectus variolus