Synonyms for tarantula
təˈræn tʃə lə; -ˌlitaran·tu·la

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1. tarantulanoun

   A true tarantula, consisting of large, hairy spiders comprising the family Theraphosidae.

   Synonyms:
   monkey spider, bird spider, rain spider

Princeton's WordNet

1. European wolf spider, tarantula, Lycosa tarentulanoun

   large southern European spider once thought to be the cause of tarantism (uncontrollable bodily movement)

2. tarantulanoun

   large hairy tropical spider with fangs that can inflict painful but not highly venomous bites

Matched Categories

1. • Spider
   • Wolf Spider

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. tarantula

   Synonyms:
   Tarantula hispanica, Lycosa tarantula, Spanish spider, wolf spider

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How to use tarantula in a sentence?

1. Michael Werner:

   I think we chose the Tarantula Nebula as one of our first targets because we knew it would demonstrate the breadth of Spitzers capabilities, that region has a lot of interesting dust structures and a lot of star formation happening, and those are both areas where infrared observatories can see a lot of things that you cant see in other wavelengths.

2. David Lehman:

   When she showed it to me, I was just like… that’s not a bug, that’s a tarantula. And it looks so much bigger next to a baby hand.

3. California Rep. Jackie Speier.FBI:

   In terms of trying to understand this, I think of a spider web with a tarantula in the middle and the tarantula in my view is Vladmir Putin, who is entrapping many people to do his bidding and to engage with him and I would include those like Roger Stone.

4. David Lehman:

   That’s a tarantula. And it looks so much bigger next to a baby hand.

5. James Cason:

   They had 3,000 to 4000 people that were focused on our personnel, trying to recruit them or harass us, they would break into your house and do things to show they had control of your existence. In my days, if they knew you didn't like spiders, you would find a tarantula wandering around your room.