Latrodectus
[ lăt′rə-dĕk′təs ]
n.
A genus of small spiders, including the black widow, capable of inflicting highly poisonous, neurotoxic bites.
Example sentences from the Web for latrodectus
In no other case was the effect on experimental animals comparable to the Latrodectus extract.
Handbook of Medical Entomology |William Albert RileyThe usual remedies gave no relief, but Latrodectus ʒc was of great benefit.
Karnyia discoidalis Spider: Latrodectus indistinctus, p. 215.
The Biotic Associations of Cockroaches |Louis M. RothIf they are genuine effects of the poison of Latrodectus mactans, they must afford a recurrence of corresponding symptoms.