The tarantula seized its victim very quickly.
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Tarantula
//təˈɹæn.t͡ʃʊ.lə//
Synonyms for "tarantula" (29 found)
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Closest matches (6)
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (9)
Related words (14)
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7 entriesTranslations
77 translations across 42 languages.
Arabic
4 entries- رُتيل noun (spider of the family Theraphosidae)
- رُتيلا noun (spider of the family Theraphosidae)
- رُتَيْل noun (spider of the family Theraphosidae)
- رُتَيْل noun (wolf spider of the species Lycosa tarantula)
Armenian
3 entries- մկնասարդ noun (spider of the family Theraphosidae)
- մորմ noun (wolf spider of the species Lycosa tarantula)
- սարդ-թռչնակեր noun (spider of the family Theraphosidae)
Assamese
1 entries- বাঘ মকৰা noun (spider of the family Theraphosidae)
Bashkir
1 entries- бөйө noun (spider of the family Theraphosidae)
Catalan
1 entries- taràntula noun (spider of the family Theraphosidae)
Central Sierra Miwok
1 entries- hyp·yp·i noun (spider of the family Theraphosidae)
Cheyenne
1 entries- ma'xemo'ôhtáevé'ho'e noun (spider of the family Theraphosidae)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 捕鳥蛛 /捕鸟蛛 noun (spider of the family Theraphosidae)
- 狼蜘蛛 noun (wolf spider of the species Lycosa tarantula)
Czech
1 entries- tarantule noun (spider of the family Theraphosidae)
Danish
1 entries- tarantel noun (wolf spider of the species Lycosa tarantula)
Dutch
2 entries- tarantula noun (wolf spider of the species Lycosa tarantula)
- vogelspin noun (spider of the family Theraphosidae)
Esperanto
1 entries- tarantulo noun (spider of the family Theraphosidae)
Finnish
4 entries- lintuhämähäkki noun (spider of the family Theraphosidae)
- provencentaranteli noun (wolf spider of the species Lycosa tarantula)
- taranteli noun (wolf spider of the species Lycosa tarantula)
- tarantella noun (wolf spider of the species Lycosa tarantula)
French
4 entries- mygale noun (spider of the family Theraphosidae)
- mygale noun (wolf spider of the species Lycosa tarantula)
- tarentule noun (spider of the family Theraphosidae)
- tarentule noun (wolf spider of the species Lycosa tarantula)
Galician
1 entries- tarántula noun (spider of the family Theraphosidae)
German
2 entries- Tarantel noun (wolf spider of the species Lycosa tarantula)
- Vogelspinne noun (spider of the family Theraphosidae)
Greek
2 entries- ταραντούλα noun (spider of the family Theraphosidae)
- ταραντούλα noun (wolf spider of the species Lycosa tarantula)
Hebrew
1 entries- טָרַנְטוּלָה noun (spider of the family Theraphosidae)
Hungarian
1 entries- madárpók noun (spider of the family Theraphosidae)
Icelandic
1 entries- tarantúla noun (spider of the family Theraphosidae)
Italian
2 entries- tarantola noun (spider of the family Theraphosidae)
- tarantola noun (wolf spider of the species Lycosa tarantula)
Japanese
3 entries- タランチュラ noun (wolf spider of the species Lycosa tarantula)
- 大土蜘蛛 noun (spider of the family Theraphosidae)
- 子守蜘蛛 noun (wolf spider of the species Lycosa tarantula)
Kazakh
1 entries- түкті мигаломорф noun (wolf spider of the species Lycosa tarantula)
Latvian
2 entries- putnu zirneklis noun (spider of the family Theraphosidae)
- tarantuls noun (spider of the family Theraphosidae)
Navajo
1 entries- naałʼaashii noun (spider of the family Theraphosidae)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- tarantul noun (spider of the family Theraphosidae)
- tevnpîrka gir noun (spider of the family Theraphosidae)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- tarantell noun (wolf spider of the species Lycosa tarantula)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- tarantell noun (wolf spider of the species Lycosa tarantula)
Persian
1 entries- رتیل noun (wolf spider of the species Lycosa tarantula)
Polish
3 entries- ptasznik noun (spider of the family Theraphosidae)
- tarantula noun (spider of the family Theraphosidae)
- tarantula noun (wolf spider of the species Lycosa tarantula)
Portuguese
2 entries- aranha-lobo noun (wolf spider of the species Lycosa tarantula)
- tarântula noun (spider of the family Theraphosidae)
Quechua
2 entries- apanqura noun (spider of the family Theraphosidae)
- apasanka noun (spider of the family Theraphosidae)
Romanian
1 entries- tarantulă noun (spider of the family Theraphosidae)
Russian
4 entries- мизги́рь noun (wolf spider of the species Lycosa tarantula)
- пау́к-птицее́д noun (spider of the family Theraphosidae)
- пау́к-птицея́д noun (spider of the family Theraphosidae)
- тара́нтул noun (wolf spider of the species Lycosa tarantula)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- tarantula noun (spider of the family Theraphosidae)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- pȁūk ptȉčār noun (spider of the family Theraphosidae)
- taràntel noun (wolf spider of the species Lycosa tarantula)
- taràntela noun (wolf spider of the species Lycosa tarantula)
- taràntula noun (wolf spider of the species Lycosa tarantula)
Spanish
2 entries- tarántula noun (spider of the family Theraphosidae)
- tarántula noun (wolf spider of the species Lycosa tarantula)
Swahili
1 entries- bui noun (spider of the family Theraphosidae)
Swedish
1 entries- fågelspindel noun (spider of the family Theraphosidae)
Turkish
1 entries- tarantula noun (spider of the family Theraphosidae)
Uyghur
1 entries- بۇي noun (wolf spider of the species Lycosa tarantula)
Zoogocho Zapotec
1 entries- šojtaoꞌ noun (spider of the family Theraphosidae)
Sample sentences
28 total sentences available.
Would you rather eat a mouse or a tarantula?
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She swerved to avoid hitting a tarantula as big as a catcher's mitt in the middle of the road.
Source: tatoeba (2125827)
"Where's your tarantula?" "I don't know. I think she's somewhere in the apartment."
Source: tatoeba (2626061)
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