Look up: tarantula

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   Tarantula
   The tarantula is a large black south European spider of the genus Lycosa with a slighly poisonous bite. The term is also popularly applied to various other large, especially hairy spiders from Africa and America.
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   tarantula
   [n] - large hairy tropical spider that can inflict painful but not highly venomous bites
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   Tarantula
   Ta·ran'tu·la noun ; plural English Tarantulas , Latin Tarantulę . [ New Latin , from Italian tarantola , from Latin Tarentum , now Taranto , in the south of Italy.] (Zoology) Any one of several species of large spiders, popularly supposed to be very venomous, especially the European species ( Tarantula apulię ). The tarantulas of Texas and adj ...
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   tarantula
   <zoology> Any one of several species of large spiders, popularly supposed to be very venomous, especially the European species (Tarantula apuliae). The tarantulas of Texas and adjacent countries are large species of Mygale. ... Alternative forms: tarentula ... Tarantula killer, a very large wasp (Pompilus formosus), which captures the Texan tar ...
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   Tarantula
   `Tarantula` is the common name for a group of `hairy` and often very large spiders belonging to the family Theraphosidae, of which approximately 900 species have been identified. Tarantulas hunt prey in both trees and on the ground. All tarantulas can emit silk, whether they be arboreal or terrestrial species. Arboreal species will typically reside in a silken `tube web`, and terrestrial species will line their burrows or lairs with web to catch ...
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   tarantula
   (tә-ran“tu-lә) a large, hairy, venomous spider; although its bite is painful, it is seldom dangerous.
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   Tarantula
   • (n.) Any one of several species of large spiders, popularly supposed to be very venomous, especially the European species (Tarantula apuliae). The tarantulas of Texas and adjacent countries are large species of Mygale.
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   Tarantula
   (from the article `Dylan, Bob`) ...honoured, though his impact was never as great or as immediate as it had been in the 1960s. In 1970 Princeton (New Jersey) University awarded him ...
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   tarantula
   any of numerous hairy and generally large spiders found in the southwestern United States, Mexico, and tropical America. Many tarantulas make burrows ... [3 related articles]
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    tarantula
    A very large, hairy spider, considered highly venomous and often greatly feared; the bite, however, is usually no more harmful than a bee sting, and the creature is relatively inoffensive. See: tarantism
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    tarantula
    tarantula (turăn'chulu) , name applied chiefly to several species of the large, hairy spiders of the families Theraphosidae and Dipluridae of North and South America. The body of a tarantula may be as much as 3 in. (7.6 cm) long and, with legs extended, as much as 10 in. (25.4 cm) across. ...
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