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red-back spider
[ red-bak ]
noun
- a venomous spider, Latrodectus hasselti, of Australia and New Zealand, related to the black widow spider and having a bright red stripe on the back.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of red-back spider1
First recorded in 1940–45
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