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funnel-web
noun
any large poisonous black spider of the family Dipluridae , constructing funnel-shaped webs
Example Sentences
The venom of Sydney funnel-web spiders goes into rabbits, which are immune to the toxins.
On a typical day, she milks - or extracts the venom from - 80 of these Sydney funnel-web spiders.
While the quickest recorded death from a Sydney funnel-web spider was a toddler at 13 minutes, the average is closer to 76 minutes - and first aid gives you an even better chance of surviving.
Sydney funnel-web spiders usually range in length from one to five centimeters, with females being generally larger than their male counterparts but not as deadly.
“We’re used to having pretty big funnel-web spiders donated to the park, however receiving a male funnel-web this big is like hitting the jackpot,” said Emma Teni, a spider keeper at Australian Reptile Park.
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