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▪ I. ‖ tarentola|təˈrɛntəʊlə|
[It.: see tarantula.]
A harmless lizard, Tarentola (Platydactylus) mauritanica, the Moorish Gecko, found in southern Europe and northern Africa. Also the genus to which this belongs. So tarente.
[1838Penny Cycl. XI. 104/2 Those lizards which the Italians called Tarentola.] 1883in List Anim. Zool. Soc. (1896) 577.
▪ II. tarentola, -tula
obs. ff. tarantula. |