Word Finder - tarantulas

definition

Any of the large, hairy New World spiders comprising the family Theraphosidae.

synonyms

• bird spider
• monkey spider
• rain spider

definition

(by extension) A member of certain other groups of spiders, generally characterized by large size, hairiness, or membership of infraorder Mygalomorphae to which Theraphosidae family also belongs.

definition

A species of wolf spider, Lycosa tarantula, native to southern Europe, the mildly poisonous bite of which was once thought to cause an extreme urge to dance (tarantism).

Scorpions and tarantulas are numerous, and lizards, frogs, beetles, ants, butterflies, moths and flies are abundant.

If it's four and I go five and interrupt someone's conference or walk into a room full of tarantulas, I'm going to go crazy.

Two of the cats, young and small enough to be kittens or perfectly sized adult tarantulas, detangled and darted from her pillow to the table.

She ignored the instinct and said, "I want to roam around the main house, but I'm really afraid of opening doors to random rooms and finding, you know, hordes of tarantulas that attack me or angry prisoners of war."

She squirmed, unwilling to be defenseless with the tarantulas so close and uneasy with the warm energy flowing again between them.

For instance, various manufacturers sell gummi versions of rats, tarantulas, eyeballs and more.

The lingering images of recliner-size tarantulas from her dream made her shudder and look around self-consciously to make sure none were in her room.

The bite, for example, of large species of the family Aviculariidae, sometimes called Mygales, and sometimes, but erroneously, known as tarantulas, species which have fangs half an inch long and as sharp as needles and a considerable quantity of poison, may be very painful, though seldom serious provided the health of the patient be good.

In most parts of America, for example, where English is spoken, species of Aviculariidae, or "Bird-eating" spiders of various genera, are invariably called tarantulas.

In Queensland one of the largest local spiders, known as Holconia immanis, a member of the family Clubionidae, bears the name tarantula; and in Egypt it was a common practice of the British soldiers to put together scorpions and tarantulas, the latter in this instance being specimens of the large and formidable desert-haunting Arachnid, Galeodes lucasii, a member of the order Solifugae.

Many tarantulas have a dense covering of stinging hairs on the abdomen to protect them from enemies.

Stars of the show include magnificent mantises, terrific tarantulas, crawling cockroaches and scuttling scorpions!

Some tarantulas will occasionally scavenge, and you can offer a small dead minnow or piece of steak.

He chases ground spiders in the Amazon with a collector who keeps 2,000 pet tarantulas.

In the wild, pink Chilean tarantulas kill prey such as toads, frogs and mice painlessly.

A good tank for adult tarantulas are " Critter Cages " with sliding and locking lids.

Several years ago, my dream was to own what I still consider to be one of the most magnificent tarantulas in the hobby.

Bird species include colorful parrots, macaws, and parakeets, while reptiles in the snake house include pythons and boa constrictors, scorpions, iguanas, tarantulas, geckos, and more.