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Meanings of black widow in English

Spanish
viuda negra

Type of serial killer.

        Related terms
        viuda negra
        Portuguese
        viúva-negra
        Catalan
        vídua negra

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

              viúva-negra
              Usage of black widow in English
              1
              Others reported vermin, from black widow spiders to rodents, bats and snakes.
              Reuters
              2
              Maybe he could burrow under them, out of the black widow's reach.
              The Incredible Shrinking Man
              3
              In her dream, black widow spiders were trying to eat her whole!
              The Irish Times
              4
              You've seen movies like this... a black widow sort of thing, Bales said.
              Reuters
              5
              One of the children brought a black widow spider into class.
              The god project
              6
              For a male western black widow spider, sex can be a life-or-death experience.
              BBC
              7
              Clutching her tissue, she smeared her mascara around beneath a black widow's veil.
              Shadowed summer
              8
              That spider, it's that black widow spider that got Rant hooked on poison.
              Rant: an oral biography of buster casey
              9
              In the bedroom, Caro sees a black widow and screams.
              The new yorker
              10
              You are just like the black widow, my darling Rachel.
              My deadly valentine
              11
              Nor can you throw peanuts to the black widow spider or the dung beetle.
              The Irish Times
              12
              Harmless like a big, black widow spider that kills anything that enters its lair.
              Carrion comfort
              13
              Everyone eats food Hannah made, and Hannah tells Hart she saw a black widow earlier.
              The new yorker
              14
              Not much bigger than a real black widow spider.
              By reason of insanity
              15
              Worst, to her, were the black widow spiders swarming her kitchen cupboards and linen closets.
              Reuters
              16
              A round old lady tied up in a sanctified black widow's bonnet stood on the step.
              A Circuit Rider's Wife
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