1 definition 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]
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