black widow

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black widow (plural black widows)

  2. Any of several species of venomous and potentially deadly spiders, particularly Latrodectus spp.
  3. A woman who kills one or more of her lovers.
  4. A female suicide bomber, sometimes one intending to avenge her husband who was killed.

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