Tarentula

See also: tarantula and Tarantula

Translingual

Etymology

A variant of Latin tarantula, taking into account the etymological root of Latin Tarentum (whence Italian Taranto). Thus, Latin Tarentum (“town”) +‎ -ula (diminutive suffix).

Proper noun

Tarentula f

  1. (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Lycosidae – a disused grouping of spiders, sometimes a subgenus of Lycosa, now in other genera of Lycosidae.

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