fiddleback

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

fiddle +‎ back

Noun[edit]

fiddleback (plural fiddlebacks)

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