redback

British  

noun

1. a small venomous Australian spider, Latrodectus hasselti , having long thin legs and, in the female, a red stripe on the back of its globular abdomen

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Example Sentences

“We need realistic training” said Mr. Falla, the director of training at Redback One, a leading combat training systems company.

From Washington Times • May 18, 2022

The red-colored putter, first shown to TaylorMade’s tour staff at the Northern Trust Open at Riviera in 2016, incorporates the color of the Redback Spider, an insect indigenous to Day’s homeland of Australia.

From Golf Digest • Mar. 25, 2019

Wagner was a managing partner at Accel Partners working with Fusion-io Inc, which helps companies deliver data faster, and Redback Networks where he met Garg.

From Reuters • Jul. 3, 2013

But there were some companies early on—Foundry Networks, Redback Networks, RealNetworks—where we made over 100 times our money.

From Forbes • Apr. 6, 2011

What happened during Redback Kilo Three's patrol is a war story the Australian Army would prefer to forget.

From Time Magazine Archive