black widow

English - Turkish

Definition of black widow in English Turkish dictionary

zehirli örümcek

zehirli bir örümcek

kara dul

karadul

English - English

Definition of black widow in English English dictionary

A female martyr (a suicide bomber or shaheed), whose husband was killed

A woman who kills one or more of her lovers

A species of venomous spider, particularly Latrodectus sp.. The bite is painful to humans, rarely fatal to healthy individuals, but can be life-threatening or fatal to infants or young toddlers. Females are marked by a red hourglass shape on the abdomen (see photo, this page, and photos in Wikipedia). Mature males are smaller, of the same black color or a dark brown, have an elongated and slender abdomen (rather than the rotund abdomen of the mature female), and are marked on the dorsal of the abdomen with small flattened diamond shapes of the same scarlet color as the female's marks on the ventral of her abdomen

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

type of poisonous spider

A poisonous New World spider (Latrodectus mactans), the female of which produces extremely toxic venom and has a black shiny body with red markings. a very poisonous type of spider that is black with red marks. Any of several black spiders in the genus Latrodectus with a venomous bite that is rarely fatal to humans. Black widow species are found worldwide, with three living in North America. In Australia it is called the redback. The females are shiny black, usually with a reddish hourglass-shaped design on the underside of the spherical abdomen and with a body about 1 in. (2.5 cm) long. The black widow preys on insects. The male, about one-fourth the female's size, is often killed and eaten by the female after mating (the source of its name)

Related Terms

black widows

plural form of black widow

Hyphenation

black wid·ow

Turkish pronunciation

bläk wîdō

Pronunciation

/ˈblak ˈwədō/ /ˈblæk ˈwɪdoʊ/