funnel web

English

Alternative forms

• funnel-web, funnelweb

Noun

funnel web (plural funnel webs)

1. (Australia) A funnel-web spider, especially Atrax robustus.
   • 1996, James Lambert, The Macquarie Book of Slang, Sydney: Macquarie Library, page 254:

     Many a red-back, funnel-web, or other spider has found its resting days at the bottom of a vegemite jar shoved into some dark recess of the laundry.

2. A funnel-shaped web woven by a funnel-web spider or funnel-web tarantula.