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单词 tarantula
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
ta•ran•tu•la /təˈræntʃələ/USA pronunciation   n. [countable], pl. -las, -lae 
    /-ˌli/USA pronunciation .
  1. Invertebratesa large, hairy spider having a painful but not poisonous bite.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
ta•ran•tu•la  (tə ranchə lə),USA pronunciation n., pl. -las, -lae 
    (-lē′).USA pronunciation 
  1. Invertebratesany of several large, hairy spiders of the family Theraphosidae, as Aphonopelma chalcodes, of the southwestern U.S., having a painful but not highly venomous bite.
  2. Invertebratesany of various related spiders.
  3. Invertebratesa large wolf spider, Lycosa tarantula, of southern Europe, having a bite once thought to be the cause of tarantism.
  • Italian tarantola. See Taranto, -ule
  • Medieval Latin
  • 1555–65

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
tarantula /təˈræntjʊlə/ n ( pl -las, -lae / -ˌliː/)
  1. any of various large hairy mostly tropical spiders of the American family Theraphosidae
  2. a large hairy spider, Lycosa tarentula of S Europe, the bite of which was formerly thought to cause tarantism
Etymology: 16th Century: from Medieval Latin, from Old Italian tarantola, from Taranto
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