TARANTULA


Meaning of TARANTULA in English

n. 1 any large hairy tropical spider of the family Theraphosidae. 2 a large black S. European spider, Lycosa tarentula, whose bite was formerly held to cause tarantism.

[ med.L f. It. tarantola (as TARANTISM) ]

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