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red-back spider

American  
[red-bak] / ˈrɛdˌbæk /

noun

  1. a venomous spider, Latrodectus hasselti, of Australia and New Zealand, related to the black widow spider and having a bright red stripe on the back.

Etymology

Origin of red-back spider

First recorded in 1940–45

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