GENUS LATRODECTUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Latrodectus mean? 

• GENUS LATRODECTUS (noun)
  The noun GENUS LATRODECTUS has 1 sense:

1. venomous spiders

  Familiarity information: GENUS LATRODECTUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS LATRODECTUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Venomous spiders

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Latrodectus; Latrodectus

Hypernyms ("genus Latrodectus" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "genus Latrodectus"):

black widow; Latrodectus mactans (venomous New World spider; the female is black with an hourglass-shaped red mark on the underside of the abdomen)

Holonyms ("genus Latrodectus" is a member of...):

family Theridiidae; Theridiidae (a family of comb-footed spiders)