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funnel-web

funnel-web is the alternative spelling of funnel web.

Meaning of funnel web

Noun

funnel web (plural funnel webs)

  1. (Australia) A funnel-web spider, especially Atrax robustus.
    • 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
  2. A funnel-shaped web woven by a funnel-web spider or funnel-web tarantula.

Forms of funnel-web

pluralfunnel-webs

Phrases with funnel-web

Questions about funnel-web

What is funnel-web the alternative spelling of?
Funnel-web is the alternative spelling of funnel web.

Words near funnel-web in the dictionary

  1. funnel weaver
  2. funnel weavers
  3. funnel web
  4. funnel webs
  5. funnel-shaped
  6. funnel-web
  7. funnel-web spider
  8. funnel-web spiders
  9. funnel-webs
  10. funneled
  11. funnelform

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