tarantula -
large hairy tropical spider with fangs that can inflict painful but not highly venomous bites
spider predatory arachnid with eight legs, two poison fangs, two feelers, and usually two silk-spinning organs at the back end of the body; they spin silk to make cocoons for eggs or traps for prey
tarantula -
large southern European spider once thought to be the cause of tarantism (uncontrollable bodily movement)
tarantula -
A "true tarantula", consisting of large, hairyspiders comprising the family.
tarantula -
A member of several other groups of spiders, generally characterized by large size, hairiness, or close relation to family Theraphosidae.
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tarantula The common name for a group of hairy, sometimes very large spiders belonging to the family Theraphosidae, of which 800 species have been identified.
