"fiddleback" meaning in All languages combined

See fiddleback on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: fiddlebacks [plural]
Etymology: From fiddle + back. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|fiddle|back}} fiddle + back Head templates: {{en-noun}} fiddleback (plural fiddlebacks)
  1. The brown recluse spider. Categories (lifeform): Spiders
    Sense id: en-fiddleback-en-noun-18fp9Hl9 Disambiguation of Spiders: 75 14 11 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 17 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 77 18 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 80 15 5
  2. A feature of maple wood where the fibers are distorted in an undulating chatoyant pattern.
    Sense id: en-fiddleback-en-noun-PWGjnssA
  3. A kind of chasuble with the front cut away.
    Sense id: en-fiddleback-en-noun-8n04coXO

Inflected forms

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        "A feature of maple wood where the fibers are distorted in an undulating chatoyant pattern."
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        ],
        [
          "undulating",
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        ],
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        ],
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        "A kind of chasuble with the front cut away."
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      ],
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        [
          "wood",
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        ],
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          "fiber",
          "fiber"
        ],
        [
          "undulating",
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        ],
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          "chatoyant",
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        ],
        [
          "pattern",
          "pattern"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A kind of chasuble with the front cut away."
      ],
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          "chasuble"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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