fiddleback

The brown recluse spider.

Noun

  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.

Origin

From fiddle + back.

Forms

fiddlebacks

Related

fiddlehead fiddleneck

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