huntsman

Example Sentences

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Pygmy possums would be unlikely to share their box with the spiders; in 2019, a huntsman, which can be six inches from leg to leg, reportedly ate a pygmy possum in Tasmania.

From New York Times • Jul. 6, 2022

An Australian state's health minister was giving a Covid update when a journalist pointed out she had a huntsman spider crawling on her.

From BBC • Dec. 16, 2021

Yet Fred’s whispery mumble made his words individually precious, like the feathery footprint of a Pleistocene huntsman on a windswept piece of stone.

From Washington Post • Dec. 7, 2021

Sent by an evil queen to capture an escaped princess, a huntsman instead becomes the young woman’s protector and helps her in her quest to regain control of her kingdom.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 19, 2019

And immediately the loving huntsman had forgotten everything else, but was busied about his task.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White