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black widow spider |
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black widow spider poisonous spider; consumes her mate after mating. [Zoology: NCE, 308] See : Deadliness How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The company wants to take new Bioclon products to market in the United States, including ones designed to treat all types of rattlesnake bites as well as black widow spider bites. 45) joins the "Bugs" series in covering the life cycle and habits of the black widow spider. The Cage, created by Jerome Robbins in 1951 to music by Stravinsky, uses stylized choreography to investigate an insect society, somewhat like that of preying mantises or black widow spiders, in which the female finds the male's existence superfluous after mating and kills him without compunction. |
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