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tarentula

tarentula


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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,  especially  the  European  species 
  ({Tarantula  apuli[ae]}).  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tarentula  \Ta*ren"tu*la\,  n. 
  See  {Tarantula}.