ALL meanings of black widow
black wid·ow
B b - noun black widow an American spider, Latrodectus mactans, the female of which is black with red markings, highly venomous, and commonly eats its mate 3
- noun black widow a female suicide bomber, esp a Chechen rebel 3
- noun black widow an American spider (Latrodectus mactans), the female of which has a glossy black body with an hourglass-shaped red mark underneath, and a poisonous bite which is normally not fatal 3
- noun black widow poisonous North American spider 1
- noun black widow a venomous spider, Latrodectus mactans, widely distributed in the U.S., the female of which is jet-black with an hourglass-shaped red mark on the underside of its abdomen. 1
- noun black widow Any of several 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. 0
- noun black widow A woman who kills one or more of her lovers. 0
- noun black widow A female martyr (a suicide bomber or shaheed), whose husband was killed. 0