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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thesubfamily Latrodectinae — the widow spiders.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Latrodectus hesperus, the Western black widow, is, like all widow spiders of the Latrodectus genus, very shy.
Ze Widow, She Is Black Heather McDougal 2009
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Latrodectus hesperus, the Western black widow, is, like all widow spiders of the Latrodectus genus, very shy.
Archive 2009-06-01 Heather McDougal 2009
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Latrodectus hesperus is the next entry in this blog.
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Latrodectus hesperus - male western black widow spider.
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Latrodectus hesperus - male western black widow spider.
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Latrodectus hesperus was the previous entry in this blog.
Steve Fuller shows us what he's made of - The Panda's Thumb 2009
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Latrodectus hasselti, read the card: Red-back spider.
The Killing Kind John Connolly 2002
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If people understood generally that this rather ornamental insect is both more perilous to life and health, and rather more prone to attack human beings, than the superstitiously dreaded "deadly" copperhead, there would probably be a heavy mortality in the Latrodectus family at the hands of energetic house-cleaners.
The Poison Bugaboo 1910
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It may be that only under certain uncomprehended conditions is the venom of the Latrodectus effective.
The Poison Bugaboo 1910
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Recoveries from Latrodectus bite are much more common, in the records, than deaths.
The Poison Bugaboo 1910
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