Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - tarantula
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Tarantula
tarantula
noun (plural ~s; also ~e) Etymology: Medieval Latin, from Old Italian tarantola, from Taranto Date: 1561 1. a European wolf spider (Lycosa tarentula) popularly held to be the cause of tarantism 2. any of a family (Theraphosidae) of large hairy American spiders that are typically rather sluggish and capable of biting sharply though most forms are not significantly poisonous to humans
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n. 1 any large hairy tropical spider of the family Theraphosidae. 2 a large black S. European spider, Lycosa tarentula, whose bite was formerly held to cause tarantism. Etymology: med.L f. It. tarantola (as TARANTISM) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) паук-птицеед; pl пауки-птицееды (Theraphosidae) 2) апулийский тарантул (Lycosa tarantula) ...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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(tarantulas) A tarantula is a large hairy spider which has a poisonous bite. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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- 1561, "wolf spider," (Lycos tarantula), from M.L. tarantula, from It. tarantola, from Taranto "Taranto," seaport city in southern Italy in the region where the spiders are found, from L. Tarentum, from Gk. Taras (gen. Tarantos). Its bite is only slightly poisonous. Popularly applied to other great hairy spiders, especially the genus Mygale, native to the warmer regions of the Americas (first so called in 1794). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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