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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A venomous spider (Loxosceles reclusa) having a violin-shaped mark on the cephalothorax, native to the southern and central United States and found in dark undisturbed areas such as closets and sheds.
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- noun A
venomous American spider, Loxosceles reclusa, that has a mark on its back in the shape of aviolin .
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