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fiddleback

fiddleback noun: the brown recluse spider.

fiddleback: the brown recluse spider
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Noun

fiddleback (plural fiddlebacks)

  1. The brown recluse spider.
  2. A feature of maple wood where the fibers are distorted in an undulating chatoyant pattern.
  3. A kind of chasuble with the front cut away.

Forms of fiddleback

pluralfiddlebacks

Origin of fiddleback

From fiddle + back.

Questions about fiddleback

What does fiddleback mean?
Fiddleback means the brown recluse spider.
What part of speech is fiddleback?
Fiddleback is a noun.
What is the plural of fiddleback?
The plural of fiddleback is fiddlebacks.

Words near fiddleback in the dictionary

  1. fiddle-faddler
  2. fiddle-faddlers
  3. fiddle-faddles
  4. fiddle-faddling
  5. fiddle-footed
  6. fiddleback
  7. fiddlebacks
  8. fiddlebow
  9. fiddlebows
  10. fiddled
  11. fiddled about

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