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tarantula

[tuh-ran-chuh-luh] / təˈræn tʃə lə /
NOUN
arachnid
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One indicator of a possible tarantula sighting is a Tarantula hawk wasp buzzing around.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 4, 2025

This is an image of the Tarantula Nebula, also known as 30 Doradus, though many have likened it to an abstract portrait of a man sitting cross-legged.

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

It doesn’t matter how nice Tarantula is; whenever she shows up, people start looking for a heavy book to flatten her with.

From Washington Post • Apr. 19, 2022

Centipedes and scorpions are common, and the Tarantula spider is also occasionally, though rarely, met with.

From On the Equator by De Windt, Harry




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