a black, hairy spider that is about two to three inches long
a hairy black, white, pink and gray spider
a hairy, long-legged, long-lived SPIDER found mostly in warm regions
(name used in the Americas; also called bird spider; in Africa termed baboon spider) very hairy, often large, living for up to 30 years; name "tarantula" originally used for large Italian wolf spider (araneomorph spider) occurring around the city of Taranto; bite of that spider was supposed to cause sickness that could only be healed by continuous dancing
Motif in the form of a stylized spider popular with nomadic tribes. Harmful insects and other forms of animal life are not woven into carpets as mere decorative motifs, but the weaver hopes that, by incorporating such creatures, he will succeed in keeping them away from his house.
Tarantula is the common name for a group of hairy, sometimes very large spiders belonging to the family Theraphosidae, of which 800 species have been identified. Tarantulas hunt prey on the ground and do not spin webs. They mainly eat insects and other arthropods, caught by speed or ambush.