triantelopen.
/trʌɪˈantᵻləʊp/, U.S. /ˌtraɪˈæn(t)əˌloʊp/, Australian English /trɑeˈæn(t)əloʊp/ Australian colloquial.
A large spider of the genus Voconia.
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triantelope1846
1846 C. P. Hodgson Reminisc. Austral. 173 The tarantulas, or ‘triantelopes’ as the men call them, are large, ugly spiders.
1909 Daily Chron. 13 Apr. 4/7 What is a ‘triantelope’?.. Originally it was the children's..way of saying tarantula, but people generally came to adopt it.
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- negative booster
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- negative capability
- negative catalysis
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- negative cooperativity
- negative crystal
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- negative electric
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- negative eugenics
- negative eyepiece
- negative feedback
- negative feeder
- negative flag
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- nardo
- nardoes
- nardoo