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Webster 1913 Edition

Tarantula

Ta-ran′tu-la

,
Noun.
;
pl. E.
Tarantulas
(#)
, L.
Tarantulae
(#)
.
[NL., fr. It.
tarantola
, fr. L.
Tarentum
, now
Taranto
, in the south of Italy.]
(Zool.)
Any one of several species of large spiders, popularly supposed to be very venomous, especially the European species (
Tarantula apuliae
). The tarantulas of Texas and adjacent countries are large species of Mygale.
[Written also
tarentula
.]
Tarantula killer
,
a very large wasp (
Pompilus formosus
), which captures the Texan tarantula (
Mygale Hentzii
) and places it in its nest as food for its young, after paralyzing it by a sting.

Webster 1828 Edition

Tarantula

TARAN'TULA

,
Noun.
A species of spider, the Aranea tarantula, so called, it is said, from Tarentum in Apulia, where this animal is mostly found; a venomous insect, whose bite gives name to a new disease, called tarantismus. This is said to be cured by music.

Definition 2024

tarântula

tarântula

See also: tarantula and tarántula

Portuguese

Noun

tarântula f (plural tarântulas)

  1. tarantula (any spider of the family Theraphosidae)

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