tarantula (Lycosa tarantula, kind of wolf spider of southern Europe) · certain other large species of wolf spider, chiefly of the genera Alopecosa, Hogna, Lycosa · the disused wolf spider genus Tarentula
köken: Borrowed from Medieval Latin tarantula (“wolf spider”), from Italian tarantola, from Taranto (“Taranto (city in Italy where wolf spiders are frequently found)”), from Latin Tarentum, from Ancient Greek Τάρας (Táras) (genitive singular Τάραντος (Tárantos)), possibly from Illyrian *darandos (“oak”).
αράχνη του είδους Lycosa tarentula της οικογένειας των λυκωσιδών (Lycosidae) ή της οικογένειας Theraphosidae, συνήθως -ελαφρά- δηλητηριώδης και με χαρακτηριστικά μεγάλο -για αράχνες- μέγεθος
tarantula, tarantula wolf spider, Lycosa tarantula (large, mildly venomous spider found in southern Europe, especially in southern Italy) · synonym of lintuhämähäkki (“tarantula”) (any of the large, often hairy spiders in the New World family Theraphosidae).