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tarantula
(təræntʃʊlə)
Word forms: plural tarantulas
countable noun
A tarantula is a large hairy spider which has a poisonous bite.
tarantula in British English
(təˈræntjʊlə)
nounWord forms: plural -las or -lae (-ˌliː)
1.
any of various large hairy mostly tropical spiders of the American family Theraphosidae
2.
a large hairy spider, Lycosa tarentula of S Europe, the bite of which was formerly thought to cause tarantism
Word origin
C16: from Medieval Latin, from Old Italian tarantola, from Tarantotarantula in American English
(təˈræntʃʊlə)
nounWord forms: plural taˈrantulas or taˈrantuˌlae (təˈræntʃʊˌli)
1.
a wolf spider (Lycosa tarentula) of S Europe, whose bite was popularly but wrongly supposed to cause tarantism
2.
any of numerous large, hairy spiders with a poisonous bite that usually has little effect on warmbloodedanimals; specif., any of a family (Theraphosidae) found in the SW U.S. and tropicalAmerica
Word origin
ML < It tarantola < Taranto , near which the wolf spider was foundImage oftarantula
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