Usage of "black widow"

espanyol

Type of serial killer.

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portuguès

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

Usage of black widow in anglès

Others reported vermin, from black widow spiders to rodents, bats and snakes. 
 Reuters 

Maybe he could burrow under them, out of the black widow's reach. 
 The Incredible Shrinking Man 

In her dream, black widow spiders were trying to eat her whole! 
 The Irish Times 

You've seen movies like this... a black widow sort of thing, Bales said. 
 Reuters 

One of the children brought a black widow spider into class. 
 The god project 

For a male western black widow spider, sex can be a life-or-death experience. 
 BBC 

Clutching her tissue, she smeared her mascara around beneath a black widow's veil. 
 Shadowed summer 

That spider, it's that black widow spider that got Rant hooked on poison. 
 Rant: an oral biography of buster casey 

In the bedroom, Caro sees a black widow and screams. 
 The new yorker 

You are just like the black widow, my darling Rachel. 
 My deadly valentine 

Nor can you throw peanuts to the black widow spider or the dung beetle. 
 The Irish Times 

Harmless like a big, black widow spider that kills anything that enters its lair. 
 Carrion comfort 

Everyone eats food Hannah made, and Hannah tells Hart she saw a black widow earlier. 
 The new yorker 

Not much bigger than a real black widow spider. 
 By reason of insanity 

Worst, to her, were the black widow spiders swarming her kitchen cupboards and linen closets. 
 Reuters 

A round old lady tied up in a sanctified black widow's bonnet stood on the step. 
 A Circuit Rider's Wife 

black

Adjective

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Translations for black widow

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Meanings of black widow in anglès