Morbid fear — a Bahrain pooch (anag) (13)

I believe the answer is:

arachnophobia

(Other definitions for arachnophobia that I've seen before include "Abnormal fear of spiders" , "Creep-crawly fear" , "A particular morbid fear - aha! a brooch pin (anag)" , "Miss Muffet's complaint?" , "Morbid fear of spiders" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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