black widow
Hourglass-bellied spider
A black widow is a venomous spider, glossy black with a red hourglass marking on the abdomen.
The female sometimes kills and eats the male after mating—a behavior that gives the spider its name.
By extension, a black widow is a woman who kills her husbands or lovers, especially for money: The black widow collected insurance from three dead husbands.
Eight-legged wingless arthropod
- webInterwoven filament structure
- silkFine woven insect fiber
- fangsSharp piercing teeth
- eight-leggedPossessing four pairs of limbs
hourglass · egg sac · spinneret · cobweb · predator · arthropod · invertebrate · exoskeleton
Woman who entices romantically
- manipulatorOne who controls cunningly
- film noirStylish, shadowy crime drama
- mysterySomething unexplained or unknown
- intrigueSecret plotting or fascination
seduction · crime · thriller · suspense · murderess · scheming · treacherous · alluring
Producing injected toxins
- bitePierce with teeth
- neurotoxinPoison attacking neural tissue
- envenomationInjection of animal poison
- antivenomSerum countering toxic bites
toxin · paralysis · pain · swelling · muscle cramps · symptoms · toxicology · necrosis
Intense sorrow from loss
- bereavementState following loss
- funeralService honoring the dead
- lossBeing without something
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
estate · remarriage · Victorian · weeds · mourning dress · condolences · bereaved
Weaver transformed into spider
- tricksterCunning deceiver in myth
- weaverThread-interlacing craftsperson
- AnansiWest African spider deity
- creation mythOrigin narrative of existence
arachnid
Eight-legged wingless arthropod
eight-legged · hourglass · egg sac · spinneret · cobweb · predator · arthropod · invertebrate · exoskeleton · crawl
seductress
Woman who entices romantically
- manipulatorOne who controls cunningly
- film noirStylish, shadowy crime drama
- mysterySomething unexplained or unknown
intrigue · seduction · crime · thriller · suspense · murderess · scheming · treacherous · alluring · hardboiled
venomous
Producing injected toxins
- bitePierce with teeth
- neurotoxinPoison attacking neural tissue
- envenomationInjection of animal poison
antivenom · toxin · paralysis · pain · swelling · muscle cramps · symptoms · toxicology · necrosis · inflammation
grief
Intense sorrow from loss
- bereavementState following loss
- funeralService honoring the dead
- lossBeing without something
inheritance · estate · remarriage · Victorian · weeds · mourning dress · condolences · bereaved
Arachne
Weaver transformed into spider
- spidersspiders, huntsman, tarantula, spider silk, spider webs
- house spidershouse spider, common house spider, giant house spider, cellar spider, daddy longlegs
- venomous arachnidsbrown recluse, redback spider, funnel-web spider, scorpion
- Widow Spidersredback spider
- cobweb spiderscommon house spider, house spider, redback spider
- arachnidsspider, spiders, arachnid, scorpion, scorpions
black widowdaddy longlegs
Spindly harmless arachnid
cellar spider · house spider · jumping spider · common house spider · tarantula
black, widow, blacken, blackberry, blackness, widowed, blackboard, widower, blackish