funnel web en · NOUN
Meanings
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(Australia) A funnel-web spider, especially Atrax robustus.
I dived in right to the bottom and there it was, a three foot wide funnel-web with jaws like a tyrannosaurus and it was snapping at me.
1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 163:Many a red-back, funnel-web, or other spider has found its resting days at the bottom of a vegemite jar shoved into some dark recess of the laundry.
1996, James Lambert, The Macquarie Book of Slang, Sydney: Macquarie Library, page 254:
- A funnel-shaped web woven by a funnel-web spider or funnel-web tarantula.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| funnel webs | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| funnelweb | alternative | lexicographic | |
| funnel-web | alternative | lexicographic |
Translations (1)
de Gespinstrohr (funnel-shaped web)