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Who is a black widow?

Updated: 3/22/2024
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A black widow is a venomous spider known for the female's tendency to eat the male after mating. It has a distinctive black body with a red hourglass-shaped mark on its abdomen. The black widow's bite can be harmful to humans and is most dangerous to young children, the elderly, or those with weakened immune systems.

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A black widow is a spider, originally named because some species, the female eats the male after mating. This is now considered more likely only in captivity, where the male cannot leave the vicinity of the female.

The term is metaphorically used to mean a wife who is suspected of killing her husband, or more than one husband.

The Black Widow is a female Marvel Comics character (Natalia Romanova), seen primarily in Iron Man, Daredevil, and Avengers comics. She was a major character in the 2012 movie "Marvel's The Avengers" (as portrayed by Scarlett Johansson).

The term could also refer to the Islamic band of female Chechen terrorists trained by someone known as the "Russian Bin Laden." The black widows got their name because either a husband or a brother died in a war against Russia. They launched suicide attacks in Russia, especially in the Caucasus, from 2000 to 2003 and some later.

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If you are referring to the Marvel Comic character of Black Widow, Natasha Romanov is her name.

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11y ago

marvel comic black widow is a heroine

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