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What (who) is tarantula - definition
tarantula
![Male California ebony tarantula (''[[Aphonopelma eutylenum]]'') wandering near Exeter, CA](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/California ebony tarantula.jpg?width=200 "Male California ebony tarantula (''[[Aphonopelma eutylenum]]'') wandering near Exeter, CA")
![''L. parahybana'', [[chelicerae]] of an adult female](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lasiodora parahybana, chelicerae 05.JPG?width=200 "''L. parahybana'', [[chelicerae]] of an adult female")
![Claws at the end of the leg of ''[[Lasiodora parahybana]]''](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lasiodora parahybana, claws.JPG?width=200 "Claws at the end of the leg of ''[[Lasiodora parahybana]]''")
![Eye ports seen in an [[exuvia]] (molted skin)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lasiodora parahybana, eyes.JPG?width=200 "Eye ports seen in an [[exuvia]] (molted skin)")
![''[[Aphonopelma mojave]].'' Tarantula native to the Mojave Desert searches for a burrow.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mojave Tarantula.jpg?width=200 "''[[Aphonopelma mojave]].'' Tarantula native to the Mojave Desert searches for a burrow.")
![The molted skin of a juvenile ''[[Phormictopus cancerides]] cancerides'' (second molting)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Phormictopus cancerides cancerides, baby.JPG?width=200 "The molted skin of a juvenile ''[[Phormictopus cancerides]] cancerides'' (second molting)")
![Subadult female ''[[Poecilotheria regalis]]''](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Poecilotheria Regalis.jpg?width=200 "Subadult female ''[[Poecilotheria regalis]]''")
![A ''[[Phidippus johnsoni]]'' jumping spider's fangs](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kaldari Phidippus johnsoni male defense.jpg?width=200 "A ''[[Phidippus johnsoni]]'' jumping spider's fangs")
![A ''[[Lasiodora parahybana]]'' tarantula's fangs](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lasiodora parahybana, chelicerae.JPG?width=200 "A ''[[Lasiodora parahybana]]'' tarantula's fangs")
FAMILY OF OFTEN HAIRY AND VERY LARGE ARACHNIDS
Theraphosidae; Tarantulas; Tarantel; Taranchula; Baboon spider; Tarantula spider; Theraphosid; Tarantulae; Sexual dimorphism in tarantulas
(tarantulas)
A tarantula is a large hairy spider which has a poisonous bite.
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tarantula
FAMILY OF OFTEN HAIRY AND VERY LARGE ARACHNIDS
Theraphosidae; Tarantulas; Tarantel; Taranchula; Baboon spider; Tarantula spider; Theraphosid; Tarantulae; Sexual dimorphism in tarantulas
[t?'rantj?l?]
¦ noun
1. a very large hairy spider found chiefly in tropical and subtropical America. [Family Theraphosidae.]
2. a large black wolf spider of southern Europe, whose bite was formerly believed to cause tarantism. [Lycosa tarentula.]
Origin
C16: from med. L., from Old Ital. tarantola, from the name of the Italian seaport Taranto; cf. tarantism.
Tarantula
FAMILY OF OFTEN HAIRY AND VERY LARGE ARACHNIDS
Theraphosidae; Tarantulas; Tarantel; Taranchula; Baboon spider; Tarantula spider; Theraphosid; Tarantulae; Sexual dimorphism in tarantulas
·noun 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.
Examples of use of tarantula
1. It is the only tarantula listed as rare by the Convention on Trade in Endangered Species.
2. One agent, Shannon Stevens, recalls her first ambush duty: She was stalked by a tarantula.
3. A stunned couple were horrified when they found a massive venomous tarantula running around their English garden.
4. Petersburg, said Tuesday on the sidelines of a conference in the city. (Bloomberg) Tarantula Sold for $1.5M LONDON –– International Marketing & Sales Group, which provides marketing services in emerging markets, bought Tarantula Russia for about $1.5 million to add clients including Procter & Gamble and SABMiller.
5. LONDON –– A British man on Wednesday admitted delivering a package containing a venomous tarantula to a work colleague the day he handed in his resignation.