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# tarantula

noun (a tarantula, tarantulas)

«tarantula» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A tarantula is a large, hairy spider that lives in warm places, such as deserts and rainforests in the Americas, Africa, Asia and Australia. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tarantula/#m1)
2. Some people keep tarantulas as pets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tarantula/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science lessons, tarantulas are arachnids with eight legs and two body parts; they hunt insects and sometimes small animals at night, and many live in burrows. Facts: most tarantula bites are like a bee sting for people, and some flick tiny itchy hairs when scared. In stories, a tarantula is often scary, but in real life it is shy.

### Examples

- A tarantula has eight hairy legs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tarantula/#x1)
- The tarantula hid in its burrow during the day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tarantula/#x2)
- My cousin has a pet tarantula called Fuzzy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tarantula/#x3)
- Tarantulas are spiders, so they are arachnids, not insects. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tarantula/#x4)
- The tarantula moved slowly across the glass tank. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tarantula/#x5)
- Some tarantulas flick itchy hairs when they are scared. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tarantula/#x6)
- Never pick up a wild spider you don't know. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tarantula/#x7)
- \[67\] Mizgir, a venomous spider, like the Tarantula, found in the Kirghiz Steppes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tarantula/#x8)

### Note

Countable noun: «a tarantula, tarantulas». Stress: ta-RAN-chuh-luh. Myth: tarantula bites are not deadly to people, but they can hurt. In maths, a spider has 8 legs, so 3 tarantulas have 24 legs.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «tarantula» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tarantula/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«tarantula» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tarantula.html) on Mova free.