tarantula

tarantula
[təˈrantjʊlə]
noun
  1. a very large hairy spider found chiefly in tropical and subtropical America, some kinds of which are able to catch small lizards, frogs, and birds
    捕鸟蛛。 亦称bird-eating spider
  2. Family Theraphosidae, suborder Mygalomorphae
    捕鸟蛛科,猛蜘亚目
  3. a large black wolf spider of southern Europe, whose bite was formerly believed to cause tarantism
    塔兰图拉毒蛛
  4. Lycosa tarentula, family Lycosidae
    拉丁名Lycosa tarentula,狼蛛科
语源
  1. mid 16th cent.: from medieval Latin, from Old Italian tarantola 'tarantula', from the name of the seaport Taranto. Compare with tarantella and tarantism
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