Definition of "tarantulas" [tarantulas]

• Plural form of tarantula. (noun)

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• "The larger wasps are not fearful of attacking so-called tarantulas, one sting rendering them paralytic."
• "A few months ago I read in a text-book a dogmatic assertion to the effect that the so-called tarantulas were perfectly innocent of venom, and formidable only to the insects on which they prey."
• "In Cambodia, though, the tarantulas were a different experience."