noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The brown recluse spider.
2. 2
   A feature of maple wood where the fibers are distorted in an undulating chatoyant pattern.
3. 3
   A kind of chasuble with the front cut away.

Etymology

From fiddle + back.

Related phrases

brown recluse

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