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brown recluse spider
(redirected from Fiddleback spider)

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brown recluse spider
n.
A venomous spider (Loxosceles reclusa) having an hourglass-shaped mark on the cephalothorax, introduced into the southern United States from South America.


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Discussion The brown recluse spider is also known as the necrotizing spider, fiddleback spider, and violin spider (on its dorsal cephalothorax is a violin-shaped mark).
Because it has a violin-shaped mark on its body, the brown recluse is often called the fiddleback spider.
 
 
 
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