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tarantula

[tuh-ran-chuh-luh] / təˈræn tʃə lə /
NOUN
arachnid
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Through the telescope I beheld banded Jupiter holding court with three of its glittering moons and, 160,000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud, mists of interstellar gas twining through the Tarantula Nebula.

From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2023

The Tarantula Nebula can be found roughly 161,000 light-years away from Earth in the Large Magellanic Cloud.

From Salon • Dec. 26, 2022

Here the NIRSpec instrument reveals different features of the Tarantula Nebula via different filters.

From Scientific American • Dec. 1, 2022

Growing up, her friends called her Terri Tarantula because of her infatuation with the fanged, eight-eyed arachnid.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2022

I never heard there were any Tarantula spiders here.

From The Giant's Robe by Anstey, F.




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