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ta·ran·tu·la
(tə-răn′chə-lə)n. pl. ta·ran·tu·las or tarantu·lae (-lē′)
1. Any of various large hairy spiders chiefly of the family Theraphosidae, capable of inflicting a bite that is painful but usually not dangerous to humans.
2. A large wolf spider (Lycosa tarentula) of southern Europe, once thought to cause tarantism.
[Medieval Latin, from Old Italian tarantola, after Taranto.]
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tarantula
(təˈræntjʊlə)n, pl -las or -lae (-ˌliː)
1. (Animals) any of various large hairy mostly tropical spiders of the American family Theraphosidae
2. (Animals) a large hairy spider, Lycosa tarentula of S Europe, the bite of which was formerly thought to cause tarantism
[C16: from Medieval Latin, from Old Italian tarantola, from Taranto]
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ta•ran•tu•la
(təˈræn tʃə lə)n., pl. -las, -lae (-ˌli)
1. any of several large, hairy spiders of the family Theraphosidae, as Aphonopelma chalcodes, of the southwestern U.S., having a painful but not highly venomous bite.
2. a large wolf spider, Lycosa tarentula, of S Europe, having a bite once thought to be the cause of tarantism.
[1555–65; < Medieval Latin < Italian tarantola]
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ta·ran·tu·la
(tə-răn′chə-lə) Any of various large, hairy, mostly tropical spiders that have a painful but not dangerous bite. They do not spin webs, but live in burrows in the ground and hunt small frogs, toads, rodents, and birds.
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Noun 1. [画像:tarantula - large southern European spider once thought to be the cause of tarantism (uncontrollable bodily movement)]tarantula - large southern European spider once thought to be the cause of tarantism (uncontrollable bodily movement)
hunting spider, wolf spider - ground spider that hunts its prey instead of using a web
genus Lycosa, Lycosa - type genus of the family Lycosidae
2. tarantula - large hairy tropical spider with fangs that can inflict painful but not highly venomous bites
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
family Theraphosidae, Theraphosidae - large tropical spiders; tarantulas
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Translations
رُتَيْلاء: عَنْكَبوت سام
tarantule
fugleedderkoptarantel
tarantulapók
tarantúla
tarantula
tarantuls
tarantula
tarantulazehirli örümcek
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tarantula
n → Tarantel f
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tarantula
(təˈrӕntjulə) , ((American) -tʃu-) noun any of several types of large hairy spider, some poisonous. tarantula رُتَيْلاء: عَنْكَبوت سام тарантула tarântula tarantule die Tarantel tarantel; fugleedderkop ταραντούλα tarántula tarantel رتیل taranteli tarantule טַרַנטוּלָה बडी मकडी़ tarantula tarantulapók tarantula tarantúla tarantola 舞踏ぐも 땅거미의 일종 tarantula tarantuls tarantula tarantula tarantell tarantula tarântula tarantulă тарантул tarantula tarantola tarantula tarantel แมงมุมพิษตัวใหญ่ในตระกูล Theraphosidae zehirli örümcek, tarantula 鳥蛛, 狼蛛 тарантул ايک قسم کي زہريلي مکڑي nhện đen 塔兰图拉毒蛛,鸟蛛,狼蛛
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ta·ran·tu·la
n. tarántula, araña negra venenosa.
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tarantula
n tarántulaEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.