redback

British  

noun

1. a small venomous Australian spider, Latrodectus hasselti , having long thin legs and, in the female, a red stripe on the back of its globular abdomen

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Example Sentences

Only 3 percent of the world’s business is done using the redback.

From New York Times • Mar. 11, 2022

Male Australian redback spiders perform courtship in phases, first at least 100 minutes of vibrating the web, and then vibrating both the web and the female’s abdomen before attempting to mate.

From National Geographic • Feb. 10, 2018

Keeping the redback cheap simultaneously boosted Chinese exports, by making them more affordable to buyers abroad, and discouraged imports, by making them more expensive to Chinese consumers. 

From Slate • Sep. 28, 2016

On Tuesday the 21-year-old tradesman, identified only as Jordan, was using a portable toilet on a Sydney building site when he was bitten by a redback spider.

From BBC • Sep. 28, 2016

Poisonous king brown snakes, redback spiders, the odd kangaroo and emu are seen occasionally, flies constantly.

From The Guardian • Nov. 24, 2012