Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as tarantula, 1.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun See tarantula.

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  • noun Dated form of tarantula.

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Examples

  • _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

  • 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.

    Sunday Sweets: More Potter! 2009

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