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false widow(also false widow spider) nounA spider resembling the black widow, some species of which are moderately poisonous to humans.- Genus Steatoda, family Theridiidae: numerous species, in particular S. nobilis, the bite of which can be painful, native to Madeira and the Canary Islands and naturalized in parts of Europe and elsewhere.
"I know you have been having problems with false widows in the UK but I am more concerned with white-tailed spiders."...- The false widow that bit her was later killed by a local authority pest control team.
- After identifying the spider as a false widow on a hospital computer, he was sent home with anti-histamine tablets.
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