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— English words —

• tarantula n. Any of the large, hairy New World spiders comprising the family Theraphosidae.
• tarantula n. (By extension) A member of certain other groups of spiders, generally characterized by large size, hairiness…
• tarantula n. (Dated) A species of wolf spider, Lycosa tarantula, native to southern Europe, the mildly poisonous…

— International convention —

• Tarantula prop.n. (Obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Lycosidae – a disused grouping of spiders, sometimes…

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Catalan
  • taràntula n. Tarantula.
• Finnish
  • tarantula n. (Colloquial) Synonym of lintuhämähäkki (“tarantula”).
• Icelandic
  • tarantúla n. Tarantula.
• Polish
  • tarantula n. Tarantula (Lycosa tarantula).
• Romanian
  • tarantula n. Definite nominative/accusative singular of tarantulă.
  • tarantulă n. Tarantula (any spider of the family Theraphosidae).

— English word, defined in French —

• tarantula n. Tarentule.

— English word, defined in Italian —

• tarantula s. (Zoologia) tarantola.

— In Dutch —

• tarantula n. Grote, behaarde, gifspin uit het geslacht Lycosa.

— In Portuguese —

• tarântula s. Aranha grande venenosa que não tece teia.

44 English words from 10 English definitions

accusative any By␣extension certain characterized Colloquial comprising Dated Definite disused Europe extension family generally genus grouping groups hairiness hairy large member mildly native New New␣World nominative Obsolete other poisonous singular size sometimes southern species spider spiders Synonym tarantula taxonomic the within wolf wolf␣spider World

4 English words from 4 foreign definitions

grande Grote het que

1 foreign word from 10 English definitions

Theraphosidae

11 foreign words from 4 foreign definitions

Aranha behaarde geslacht não tarantola Tarentule tece teia uit venenosa Zoologia

9 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

tarantulae tarantular tarantulas tarantulated tarantula␣hawk tarantulalike tarantula␣hawks tarantula␣killer tarantula␣killers

2 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

eastern␣tarantulas atypical␣tarantulas

2 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

eastern␣tarantula atypical␣tarantula

33 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

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16 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

alu ALU ara Ara ARA Lut LUT Nar nara Nara NARA rat Rat RAT 'rat TNA

3 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

tarantulae tarantular tarantulas

One anagram found minus a letter (New word formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

tarlatan

One cousin (New word found by changing only one letter.)

tarentula

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