tarantula
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.
tarantulas
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pluralof tarantula.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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While tarantulas can deliver a painful bite, they are not considered harmful to humans.
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
I’m a Texan, so I’ve been around tarantulas my whole life, I knew what it was.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 2026
In particular, he said he saw spiders like tarantulas “as a newer pet trend in the United States.”
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 11, 2026
Trapdoor spiders are small, secretive relatives of tarantulas.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2025
While I waited, I looked at the framed pictures of tarantulas lining one wall of the soda shop.
From "Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus" by Dusti Bowling
