fiddleback

English

a fiddleback (sense 1) seen at an angle from which the fiddle-like figure on its body is clearly visible (darker brown)

Etymology

From fiddle +‎ back.

Noun

fiddleback (plural fiddlebacks)

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