Found 3 items, similar to Tarantulas.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: tarantula
laba-laba
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: tarantula
tarantula
n 1: large southern European spider once thought to be the cause
of tarantism (uncontrollable bodily movement) [syn:
European wolf spider
,
Lycosa tarentula]
2: large hairy tropical spider that can inflict painful but not
highly venomous bites
[also:
tarantulae (pl)]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Tarantulas
Tarantula
\Ta*ran"tu*la\, n.; pl. E.
Tarantulas, L.
Tarantul[ae]. [NL., fr. It. tarantola, fr. L. Tarentum, now
Taranto, in the south of Italy.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of several species of large spiders, popularly
supposed to be very venomous, especially the European species
(
Tarantula apuli[ae]). 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]