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redbacks

redbacks is the plural of redback.

Meaning of redback

Noun (1)

redback (plural redbacks)

  1. (Australia) A venomous spider, Latrodectus hasselti, endemic to Australia.
    • “If you find a redback, squash it firmly,” advised one guide.1988 June 16, Stephanie Pain, Things that go plop in the night, New Scientist, page 78
    Synonyms:
    redback spider
  2. (US) A brown and white sandpiper (Calidris alpina), native to the Northern Hemisphere; the dunlin.

Noun (2)

redback (plural redbacks)

  1. (slang) the yuan (CNY), the currency of the People's Republic of China (Red Chinese money)

Questions about redbacks

What is redbacks the plural of?
Redbacks is the plural of redback.

Words near redbacks in the dictionary

  1. redazzle
  2. redazzled
  3. redazzles
  4. redazzling
  5. redback
  6. redbacks
  7. redbait
  8. redbaited
  9. redbaiter
  10. redbaiters
  11. redbaiting

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