ta ‧ ran ‧ tu ‧ la /təˈræntjələ, təˈræntjʊlə $ -tʃələ/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: Medieval Latin ; Origin: Old Italian tarantola , from Taranto city in southern Italy, where such spiders are found ]
a large poisonous ↑ spider from Southern Europe and tropical America