ta·ran·tu·la
noun/təˈræntʃələ/
/təˈræntʃələ/
- a large poisonous spider covered with hair that lives in Central and South America
捕鸟蛛 Word Originmid 16th cent.: from medieval Latin, from Old Italian tarantola ‘tarantula’, from the name of the seaport Taranto in SE Italy.