Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
tarantula , 1.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See
tarantula .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Dated form of
tarantula .
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Examples
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_Mygale fasciata_, 465. erroneously called "tarentula," _ib_. anecdote of, 466. spiders, the Mygale, 465. birds killed by it, 468.
Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon James Emerson Tennent 1836
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Ok, now that the mandatory phrase has been written, I do have to add that although the Monster Book is well executed, the idea of eating something that seems to have tarentula genes is very gross to me.
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