1) American monster movie 2) Big, hairy spider 3) Creepy crawler 4) Creepy creature 5) DC Comics martial artist 6) DC Comics supervillain 7) Éditions Gallimard book 8) European wolf spider 9) Fictional clone 10) Fictional hotel 11) Fuzzy crawler 12) Hairy arachnid 13) Hairy crawler 14) Hairy creature
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==Overview== Like all arthropods, the tarantula is an invertebrate that relies on an exoskeleton for muscular support. Like other Arachnida a tarantula’s body comprises two main parts, the prosoma (or cephalothorax) and the opisthosoma (or abdomen). The prosoma and opisthosoma are connected by the pedicle, or pregenital somite. This waist-like c...
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• (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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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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<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 t...
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(tә-ran´tu-lә) a large, hairy, venomous spider; although its bite is painful, it is seldom dangerous.
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Ta·ran'tu·la noun ;
plural English
Tarantulas , Latin
Tarantulæ . [ 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...
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Type: Term Pronunciation: tă-ran′chū-lă Definitions: 1. A 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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The tarantula is a large black south European wolf spider of the genus Lycosa, especially Lycosa tarantula, common near Taranto, Italy from whence it is named, with a slightly poisonous bite. The term is also popularly applied to various other large, especially hairy spiders from Africa and America.
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HMS Tarantula was a British River Gunboat of 625 tons displacement designed by the Yarrow company during the Great War and launched in 1915. HMS Tarantula was powered by Yarrow boilers providing a top speed of 14 knots. She carried a complement of between 54 and 65 and was armed with one 6 inch gun; one 3 inch anti-aircraft gun and ten smaller guns...
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n] - large hairy tropical spider that can inflict painful but not highly venomous bites
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Wolf spider
Lycosa tarantula (family Lycosidae) with a 2.5 cm/1 in body. It spins no web, relying on its speed in hunting to catch its prey. The name `tarantula` is also used for any of the numerous large, hairy spiders of the family Theraphosidae, with large poison fangs, native to the southwestern USA and tropical...
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