Crossword clues for tarantulas
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tarantula \Ta*ran"tu*la\, n.; pl. E. Tarantulas, L. Tarantul[ae]. [NL., fr. It. tarantola, fr. L. Tarentum, now Taranto, in the south of Italy.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of large spiders, popularly supposed to be very venomous, especially the European species ( Tarantula apuli[ae]). The tarantulas of Texas and adjacent countries are large species of Mygale. [Written also tarentula.]
Tarantula killer, a very large wasp ( Pompilus formosus), which captures the Texan tarantula ( Mygale Hentzii) and places it in its nest as food for its young, after paralyzing it by a sting.
Wiktionary
n. (plural of tarantula English)
Usage examples of "tarantulas".
One of the hairy tarantulas which lived in burrows with a concealed trapdoor at ground-level, had fallen upon a scarabeus beetle and was devouring it only a hundred yards ahead.
Dependent upon the meager resources found in these caves, the tarantulas had clearly evolved a more aggressive posture.
As pale as the albino tarantulas, it stood on two legs, naked, hunched, knuckling on one long, thickly muscled arm.
Ordinarily much less sure of foot than a common window spider spinning its web in dusty eaves, the tarantulas made their way across waters and rocks, rain notwithstanding, and scuttled onward toward their goal.
He lunged across the small distance separating the tarantulas from himself.
There were tarantulas the size of a man's hand, and spiders the same size, not very pleasant to have for permanent neighbors.
If we were looking for pleasure, we wouldn't select this godforsaken region full of mosquitoes, yellow fever, typhoidal Water, scorpions, tarantulas, and even hungry tigers sniffing around the camp by night.
Now was the time for night-things to fly, and male tarantulas to go seeking mates and prey.
Bird's nests, snakeskins, dried tarantulas, bones, butterflies, scorpions, a dead owl, unusual roadkill—that sort of thing.
In the fall, the big male tarantulas would come out onto the roads, looking to get laid.
I exited the grounds of the Church of the Whispering Comet with a shriek of tortured rubber, kicking up a spray of sand and crumbled blacktop, eager to reach the state highway before being surrounded by legions of tarantulas, an army of coyotes, and a slithering swarm of rattlesnakes all functioning in concert.