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tarantula 音标拼音: [tər'æntʃulə] [tər'æntʃələ] n. 毒蜘蛛之一种 毒蜘蛛之一种 tarantula n 1: large southern European spider once thought to be the cause of tarantism ( uncontrollable bodily movement) [ synonym: { European wolf spider}, { tarantula}, { Lycosa tarentula}] 2: large hairy tropical spider with fangs that can inflict painful but not highly venomous bitesTarantula \ Ta* ran" tu* la\, n.; pl. E. { Tarantulas}, L. { Tarantulae}. [ NL., fr. It. tarantola, fr. L. Tarentum, now Taranto, in the south of Italy.] ( Zool.) Any one of several species of large spiders, popularly supposed to be very venomous, especially the European species ({ Tarantula apuliae}). The tarantulas of Texas and adjacent countries are large species of Mygale. [ Written also { tarentula}.] [ 1913 Webster] { Tarantula killer}, a very large wasp ({ Pompilus formosus}), which captures the Texan tarantula ({ Mygale Hentzii}) and places it in its nest as food for its young, after paralyzing it by a sting. [ 1913 Webster] 22 Moby Thesaurus words for " tarantula": arachnid, arthropod, beetle, bug, caterpillar, centipede, chilopod, daddy longlegs, diplopod, fly, harvestman, hexapod, insect, larva, maggot, millepede, millipede, mite, nymph, scorpion, spider, tick |
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