spider vs Latrodectus mactans

Latrodectus mactans vs spider

spider and Latrodectus mactans both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
spider	Yes	No	No	No
Latrodectus mactans	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Latrodectus mactans is a hyponym of spider; that is, Latrodectus mactans is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than spider:

spider: predatory arachnid with eight legs, two poison fangs, two feelers, and usually two silk-spinning organs at the back end of the body; they spin silk to make cocoons for eggs or traps for prey
Latrodectus mactans: venomous New World spider; the female is black with an hourglass-shaped red mark on the underside of the abdomen

Other hyponyms of spider include orb-weaving spider, Argiope aurantia, black and gold garden spider, Araneus cavaticus, barn spider, Aranea diademata, garden spider, comb-footed spider, theridiid, black widow, tarantula, hunting spider, wolf spider, trap-door spider.

spider (noun)	Latrodectus mactans (noun)
predatory arachnid with eight legs, two poison fangs, two feelers, and usually two silk-spinning organs at the back end of the body; they spin silk to make cocoons for eggs or traps for prey	venomous New World spider; the female is black with an hourglass-shaped red mark on the underside of the abdomen
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a computer program that prowls the internet looking for publicly accessible resources that can be added to a database; the database can then be searched with a search engine

Difference between spider and Latrodectus mactans

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