tarantula spiders
1Tarantula (disambiguation) — Tarantula refers to several different types of spiders: * True tarantulas are spiders of the family Theraphosidae, characterized by their extremely large size * Dwarf tarantulas, of the family Mecicobothriidae * Atypical tarantulas, of the family …
2tarantula — 1560s, wolf spider, (Lycos tarantula), from M.L. tarantula, from It. tarantola, from Taranto Taranto, seaport city in southern Italy in the region where the spiders are frequently found, from L. Tarentum, from Gk. Taras (gen. Tarantos; perhaps… …
3Tarantula — Ta*ran tu*la, n.; pl. E. {Tarantulas}, L. {Tarantul[ae]}. [NL., fr. It. tarantola, fr. L. Tarentum, now Taranto, in the south of Italy.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of several species of large spiders, popularly supposed to be very venomous, especially… …
4Tarantula apuliae — Tarantula Ta*ran tu*la, n.; pl. E. {Tarantulas}, L. {Tarantul[ae]}. [NL., fr. It. tarantola, fr. L. Tarentum, now Taranto, in the south of Italy.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of several species of large spiders, popularly supposed to be very venomous,… …
5Tarantula killer — Tarantula Ta*ran tu*la, n.; pl. E. {Tarantulas}, L. {Tarantul[ae]}. [NL., fr. It. tarantola, fr. L. Tarentum, now Taranto, in the south of Italy.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of several species of large spiders, popularly supposed to be very venomous,… …
6tarantula — [tə ran′choo lə] n. pl. tarantulas or tarantulae [tə ran′choolē΄] [ML < It tarantola < TARANTO, near which the wolf spider was found] 1. a wolf spider (Lycosa tarentula) of S Europe, whose bite was popularly but wrongly supposed to cause… …
7Tarantula — Taxobox name = Tarantulas image width = 240px image caption = Mexican Red knee Tarantula regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Arachnida ordo = Araneae subordo = Mygalomorphae superfamilia = Theraphosoidea familia = Theraphosidae… …
8tarantula — /teuh ran cheuh leuh/, n., pl. tarantulas, tarantulae / lee /. 1. any of several large, hairy spiders of the family Theraphosidae, as Aphonopelma chalcodes, of the southwestern U.S., having a painful but not highly venomous bite. 2. any of… …
9Tarántula — (Del ital. tarantola < Taranto, Tarento, ciudad alrededor de la cual abundaban estas arañas.) ► sustantivo femenino 1 ZOOLOGÍA Araña de cuerpo grande y peludo, color pardo y negro y picadura venenosa que caza en el suelo y es común en todo el… …
10Tarántula — Para otros usos de este término, véase Tarántula (desambiguación). Un gran licósido, lo que en Europa se llama tarántula …
