tarantula

/tษ™.หˆษนรฆn.tอกสƒสŠ.lษ™/

IPA: /T AH0 R AE1 N CH UW0 L AH0/

noun
  1. 1

    Any of the large, hairy New World spiders comprising the family Theraphosidae.

  2. 2

    (by extension) A member of certain other groups of spiders, generally characterized by large size, hairiness, or membership of infraorder Mygalomorphae to which Theraphosidae family also belongs.

  3. 3

    A species of wolf spider, Lycosa tarantula, native to southern Europe, the mildly poisonous bite of which was once thought to cause an extreme urge to dance (tarantism).

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