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Definition of: tarantula

(tə·ran′·choobreve·lə) noun plural ·las or ·lae (-lē)
1. A large, hairy, venomous spider (Lycosa tarentula) of southern Europe, still popularly but erroneously supposed to cause tarantism by its bite.
2. Any of various large, hairy American spiders (family Theraphosidae), especially of the genus Eurypelma of the SW United States, dreaded for their painful but not dangerous bite. [<Med. L <Ital. tarantola <Taranto Taranto]
tarantulaTARANTULA
(Body from 2 to 3 1/2 inches)

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