noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Anything which eats birds. literally, rare
2. 2
   Any of certain large tarantulas which occasionally (though very rarely) eat hummingbirds, especially of the genera Avicularia and Theraphosa, the latter of which contains the Goliath birdeater (Theraphosa blondi).

Etymology

By surface analysis, bird + eater. Compare translingual Avicularia.

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