Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
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- [tuh-ran-chuh-luh]
- /təˈræn tʃə lə/
- /təˈræn.tjʊ.lə/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [tuh-ran-chuh-luh]
- /təˈræn tʃə lə/
Definitions of tarantula word
- noun plural tarantula 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. 1
- noun plural tarantula any of various related spiders. 1
- noun plural tarantula a large wolf spider, Lycosa tarantula, of southern Europe, having a bite once thought to be the cause of tarantism. 1
- noun tarantula large spider 1
- countable noun tarantula A tarantula is a large hairy spider which has a poisonous bite. 0
- noun tarantula any of various large hairy mostly tropical spiders of the American family Theraphosidae 0
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Origin of tarantula
First appearance:
before 1555 One of the 31% oldest English words
1555-65; < Medieval Latin < Italian tarantola. See Taranto, -ule
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Parts of speech for Tarantula
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tarantula popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 78% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for tarantula
noun tarantula
- arachnid — any terrestrial chelicerate arthropod of the class Arachnida, characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs. The group includes the spiders, scorpions, ticks, mites, and harvestmen
- harvestman — daddy-longlegs (def 1).
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