"fiddleback" meaning in English

See fiddleback in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

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. Wikidata QID: Q284352
    Sense id: en-fiddleback-en-noun-en:Q284352 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Spiders Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 79 16 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 79 15 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 80 15 5 Disambiguation of Spiders: 80 6 14
  2. A feature of maple wood where the fibers are distorted in an undulating chatoyant pattern. Wikidata QID: Q109720824
    Sense id: en-fiddleback-en-noun-en:Q109720824
  3. A kind of chasuble with the front cut away.
    Sense id: en-fiddleback-en-noun-en:subclass_of_Q215172
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: fiddlehead, fiddleneck

Inflected forms

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