"redback" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: en-au-redback.ogg Forms: redbacks [plural]
Etymology: From red + back. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|red|back}} red + back Head templates: {{en-noun}} redback (plural redbacks)
  1. (Australia) A venomous spider, Latrodectus hasselti, endemic to Australia. Tags: Australia Synonyms (Latrodectus hasselti): redback spider Translations (Latrodectus hasselti): 紅背蜘蛛 (Chinese Mandarin), 红背蜘蛛 (hóngbèizhīzhū) (Chinese Mandarin), Rotrückenspinne [feminine] (German), 背赤後家蜘蛛 (seakagokegumo) (alt: セアカゴケグモ) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-redback-en-noun-leaCVwJy Categories (other): Australian English, English bahuvrihi compounds, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Terms with German translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English bahuvrihi compounds: 29 37 34 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 32 39 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 64 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 30 36 34 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 58 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of 'Latrodectus hasselti': 85 15 Disambiguation of 'Latrodectus hasselti': 85 15
  2. (US) A brown and white sandpiper (Calidris alpina), native to the Northern Hemisphere; the dunlin. Tags: US
    Sense id: en-redback-en-noun-liXGnh62 Categories (other): American English, English bahuvrihi compounds, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Terms with German translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English bahuvrihi compounds: 29 37 34 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 32 39 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 30 36 34 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 46 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: red-back, red back Related terms: black widow, katipo
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

Audio: en-au-redback.ogg Forms: redbacks [plural]
Etymology: Modelled after greenback, the currency of the United States of America, except using Communist Red Head templates: {{en-noun}} redback (plural redbacks)
  1. (slang) the yuan (CNY), the currency of the People's Republic of China (Red Chinese money) Tags: slang Categories (lifeform): Araneoid spiders, Scolopacids Coordinate_terms: red chip
    Sense id: en-redback-en-noun-psplDk9X Disambiguation of Araneoid spiders: 30 30 40 Disambiguation of Scolopacids: 24 33 43 Categories (other): English bahuvrihi compounds, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English bahuvrihi compounds: 29 37 34 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 32 39 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 30 36 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 32 40
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: red-back, red back
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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