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# tarantula

«tarantula» in Mova's school dictionary: **a large, hairy spider that lives in warm places, such as…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a tarantula, tarantulas)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A tarantula is a large, hairy spider that lives in warm places, such as deserts and rainforests in the Americas, Africa, Asia and Australia. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tarantula/#m1)

2) Some people keep tarantulas as pets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tarantula/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons, tarantulas are arachnids with eight legs and two body parts; they hunt insects and sometimes small animals at night, and many live in burrows. Facts: most tarantula bites are like a bee sting for people, and some flick tiny itchy hairs when scared. In stories, a tarantula is often scary, but in real life it is shy.

### examples

- A tarantula has eight hairy legs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tarantula/#x1)
- The tarantula hid in its burrow during the day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tarantula/#x2)
- My cousin has a pet tarantula called Fuzzy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tarantula/#x3)
- Tarantulas are spiders, so they are arachnids, not insects. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tarantula/#x4)
- The tarantula moved slowly across the glass tank. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tarantula/#x5)
- Some tarantulas flick itchy hairs when they are scared. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tarantula/#x6)
- Never pick up a wild spider you don't know. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tarantula/#x7)
- [67] Mizgir, a venomous spider, like the Tarantula, found in the Kirghiz Steppes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tarantula/#x8)

### note

Countable noun: «a tarantula, tarantulas». Stress: ta-RAN-chuh-luh. Myth: tarantula bites are not deadly to people, but they can hurt. In maths, a spider has 8 legs, so 3 tarantulas have 24 legs.

### In the corpora

- [Most American tarantulas flick itchy barbed hairs at enemies, and female tarantulas can live 20 to 30 years.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/38-spiders-scorpions-and-eight-legged-creatures/12/)
- [Tarantulas are mostly gentle; their bite is usually no worse than a bee sting, and some flick itchy hairs to defend themselves.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/148-spider-man-real-spider-senses-climbing-and-bites/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «tarantula» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tarantula/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.