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What is a tarantula?

What is a tarantula? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A species of wolf spider, Lycosa tarantula.
  2. A "true tarantula", consisting of large, hairy spiders comprising the family Theraphosidae.
  3. A member of several other groups of spiders, generally characterized by large size, hairiness, or close relation to family Theraphosidae.
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The tarantula hawks sting their prey and use the dead tarantula's body to lay an egg in.
Gorb and colleagues discovered the tarantulas' silk-spinning abilities by examining glass plates scattered vertically in a tarantula terrarium.
Are there special properties in tarantula venom that other spiders might not have?
Next, they listened to a brief taped story about a spider while they viewed three photographs of a tarantula.
After a few more minutes with EFT, Molly went back into the pet store and calmly viewed the tarantula.
It may not be as easy to find a willing pet-sitter for a tarantula as it would be for a cute little kitten.

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