tarantula
/tษ.หษนรฆn.tอกสส.lษ/IPA: /T AH0 R AE1 N CH UW0 L AH0/
noun
- 1
Any of the large, hairy New World spiders comprising the family Theraphosidae.
- 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
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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