tarantula
Example Sentences
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When I opened up the cover, it was a dead tarantula.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
Flip around a tarantula so it’s belly up and you’ll be met with sizable fangs.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2025
Typically, a spooked tarantula will try to run and hide, said Lisa Gonzalez, program manager of invertebrate living collections at the county Natural History Museum.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2025
A tarantula at the museum named Taco, recently brought out for educational purposes, initiated the behavior after gamely posing for the cameras for a while.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2025
I still hadn’t found a tarantula despite going out almost every night with Dad.
From "Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus" by Dusti Bowling
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
