Tarantel

Meaning

1. (feminine) tarantula (Lycosa tarantula, kind of wolf spider of southern Europe)
2. (feminine) certain other large species of wolf spider, chiefly of the genera Alopecosa, Hogna, Lycosa
3. (feminine, obsolete) the disused wolf spider genus Tarentula
4. (feminine, nonstandard, rare) a New World tarantula (spider of the family Theraphosidae)

Concepts

tarantula

European wolf spider

tarantula spider

Arizona blond tarantula

desert blond

desert blond tarantula

desert blonde tarantula

desert tarantula

Taranto wolf spider

burrow-decorating wolf spider

hairy wolf spider

real tarantula

small wolf spider

Mexican blonde

Mexican blond tarantula

Western tarantula

Italian tarantula

Mediterranean tarantula

Synonyms

große Spinne

Wolfsspinne

große Jagdspinne

Bombardierspinne

Mexiko-Vogelspinne

Seiden-Vogelspinne

Seidenvogelspinne

blonde Mexikovogelspinne

weisse Vogelspinne

Tarantel-Spinne

apulische Erdspinne

italienische Tarantel

Vogelspinne

spanische Tarantel

Translations

tarántula

tarantula

tarentule

tarantola

tarântula

ταραντούλα

Pamphobetus sp.

taràntula

grande araignée

ragno grande

Acanthoecurria sp.

Phormictopus sp.

Xenes this

araña grande

Pronounced as (IPA)

/taˈran.təl/

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian: tarantola

In summary

16th century, from Italian tarantola.