| 单词 | tarantula |
| 释义 | tarantula /teuh ran"cheuh leuh/, n. , pl. tarantulas, tarantulae /-lee'/. 1. any 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. any of various related spiders. 3. a large wolf spider, Lycosa tarantula, of southern Europe, having a bite once thought to be the cause of tarantism. [1555-65; < ML < It tarantola. See TARANTO, -ULE] |
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