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tarantula
countable noun: A tarantula is a large hairy spider which has a poisonous bite.

tarantula in American English
a wolf spider (Lycosa tarentula) of S Europe, whose bite was popularly but wrongly supposed to cause tarantism
noun: any of several large, hairy spiders of the family Theraphosidae, as Aphonopelma chalcodes, of the southwestern U.S., having a painful but not highly venomous bite

tarantula in British English
noun: any of various large hairy mostly tropical spiders of the American family Theraphosidae

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