ta‧ran‧tu‧la /təˈræntjələ, təˈræntjʊlə $ -tʃələ/
noun [countable][
Date: 1500-1600;
Language: Medieval Latin;
Origin: Old Italian tarantola, from Taranto city in southern Italy, where such spiders are found]
a large poisonous
spider from Southern Europe and tropical America
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