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red-back
1. U.S. The American dunlin or red-backed sandpiper, Tringa americana; also, the wax-bill (? error for red beak).
1813Wilson Amer. Ornith. VII. 25 This bird..[is] known in England by the name of the Dunlin; and in the United States, along the shores of New Jersey, by that of the Red-back. [Cf. Newton Dict. Birds (1894) 770.] 1851Mayhew Lond. Labour II. 72 In St. Helena birds, known also as wax-bills and red-backs, there is a trade to the same extent.
2. Austral. In full, red-back spider; = jockey spider s.v. jockey n. 9.
1933, etc. [see jockey spider s.v. jockey n. 9]. 1936K. C. McKeown Spider Wonders Austral. xi. 152 The Red⁓back Spider..has adapted itself to a life in close association with man. 1953A. Upfield Murder must Wait xiv. 130 Five red-back spiders..lying in wait to inject their poison. 1956Coast to Coast 1955 59 Look, there's a red-back in it. 1978Telegraph (Brisbane) 11 Aug. 4/4 The six were victims of a wolf spider—of a type previously unknown and potentially as dangerous as a redback. 1979Ibid. 22 Feb. 3/1 It's a battle to the death. Redback spider versus poisonous dugite snake. |