[とりとりぐも;トリトリグモ, toritorigumo ; toritorigumo] (n) (uk) (obsc) (See タランチュラ) tarantula (any spider of family Theraphosidae) [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Tarantula \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]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tarantula
n 1: large southern European spider once thought to be the cause
of tarantism (uncontrollable bodily movement) [syn:
{European wolf spider}, {tarantula}, {Lycosa tarentula}]
2: large hairy tropical spider with fangs that can inflict
painful but not highly venomous bites
From Dutch-English Freedict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 [fd-nld-eng]:
tarantula /tarɑntyla/
tarantula
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