also: どくぐも
noun
poisonous spider; venomous spider
General term for any spider that is poisonous or venomous.
この森には毒グモがたくさんいる。
There are many poisonous spiders in this forest.
noun
wolf spider
Obsolete term for wolf spider; modern Japanese uses 子守蜘蛛 (こもりぐも).
See also: 子守蜘蛛
昔は毒グモを子守蜘蛛の意味で使ったこともある。
In the past, 毒グモ was sometimes used to mean wolf spider.
Modern standard word for wolf spider; 毒グモ in the obsolete sense is replaced by this term.
Compound of 毒 (poison) and 蜘蛛 (spider). The obsolete wolf spider sense likely arose from a folk association with venomous spiders.