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TARANTULA
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Irregular inflected form: tarantulae
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large hairy tropical spider with fangs that can inflict painful but not highly venomous bites
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("tarantula" is a kind of...):
spider (predatory arachnid with eight legs, two poison fangs, two feelers, and usually two silk-spinning organs at the back end of the body; they spin silk to make cocoons for eggs or traps for prey)
Holonyms ("tarantula" is a member of...):
family Theraphosidae; Theraphosidae (large tropical spiders; tarantulas)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Large southern European spider once thought to be the cause of tarantism (uncontrollable bodily movement)
Synonyms:
European wolf spider; Lycosa tarentula; tarantula
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("tarantula" is a kind of...):
hunting spider; wolf spider (ground spider that hunts its prey instead of using a web)
Holonyms ("tarantula" is a member of...):
genus Lycosa; Lycosa (type genus of the family Lycosidae)
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