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black widow
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black widow
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black widow
noun
plural
black widows
black widow
noun
plural
black widows
Learner's definition of BLACK WIDOW
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a poisonous American spider
◊ The female black widow often kills and eats the male after they have mated.
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called also
black widow spider
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