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Definition of Tarantulas
1. tarantula [n] - See also: tarantula
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tarantulas
Literary usage of Tarantulas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Roughing It by Mark Twain (2001)
"The surveyors brought back more tarantulas with them, and so we had quite a menagerie
... Instantly he shouted: "Turn out, boys—the tarantulas is loose! ..."
2. Turkistan: Notes of a Journey in Russian Turkistan, Khokand, Bukhara, and Kuldja by Eugene Schuyler, Vasilīĭ Vasilʹevich Grigorʹev (1876)
"Anlie-ata—Old ruins—Prester John—Spiders and Tarantulas—Cockroaches —Tokmak—The
Buam Pass—Lake Issyk Kul—Submerged cities—The Tian Shan—No volcanos—The road ..."
3. History of California by Theodore Henry Hittell (1898)
"Tarantulas, particularly in the San Joaquin valley, are numerous. They live a
sort of hermit life, each one in a hole in the ground lined with a satiny web ..."
4. The Madeira Islands by Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle (1899)
"Tarantulas.—Along the rocks there are many tarantulas, but these, the largest
species of spider, rarely go into dwellings. The House-Ant.—There is a most ..."
5. History of California by Theodore Henry Hittell (1885)
"Tarantulas, particularly in the San Joaquin valley, are numerous. They live a
sort of hermit life, each one in a hole in the ground lined with a satiny web ..."
6. The Tribune Almanac and Political Register For by Horace Greeley (1902)
"There are no tarantulas. There Is only one nd young birds. Centipedes and wasps
are common. There ie also s TUTUILA AND MAXL'A. CAPITAL Pago Pago. good road ..."
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