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tarantula

[tuh-ran-chuh-luh] / təˈræn tʃə lə /
NOUN
arachnid
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There were questions over whether he was allowed to keep the tarantula in the Houses of Parliament.

From BBC ● May 22, 2026

Sir Gavin Williamson has said his pet tarantula, who once lived on his desk in the Houses of Parliament and Ministry of Defence, has died.

From BBC ● May 22, 2026

Researchers have identified four previously unknown tarantula species in the Arabian Peninsula and the Horn of Africa, and they turned out to be far more unusual than expected.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 6, 2026

When I opened up the cover, it was a dead tarantula.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 2026

Once, she’d almost killed Connor Stoll at camp for putting a tarantula in her bunk.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

"The males of these spiders have the longest palps among all known tarantulas," Dr. Zamani says.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 6, 2026

I’m a Texan, so I’ve been around tarantulas my whole life, I knew what it was.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 2026

In particular, he said he saw spiders like tarantulas “as a newer pet trend in the United States.”

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 11, 2026

That included live snakes, tarantulas and lovebirds found hidden in vehicles stopped at the UK border.

From BBC ● Dec. 11, 2025

“There aren’t any tarantulas around here,” she told me as she raked the dirt ground.

From "Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus" by Dusti Bowling




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